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Old 04-29-2011, 09:30 PM
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I'd like to add some ornamental shrimp to my 120 gal reef tank. Currently do not have any in the tank. Would any shrimp be safe with a flame hawkfish, flame angel and accessor?
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Old 04-29-2011, 09:43 PM
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I would go with Cleaner Shrimp or Peppermint Shrimp. I would stay away from Coral Banded Shrimp personally.
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Old 04-29-2011, 10:04 PM
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LOL, no shrimp is safe with a flame hawkfish. You can take your chance if the hawkfish is small and the shrimp is large.


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I'd like to add some ornamental shrimp to my 120 gal reef tank. Currently do not have any in the tank. Would any shrimp be safe with a flame hawkfish, flame angel and accessor?
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Old 04-29-2011, 10:08 PM
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LOL, no shrimp is safe with a flame hawkfish. You can take your chance if the hawkfish is small and the shrimp is large.

+1 And Hawkfish have surprisingly large mouths.
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Old 04-29-2011, 10:12 PM
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Sorry missed the Hawkfish...my bad.
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Old 04-29-2011, 10:19 PM
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That's what I thought! Too bad but I do love the hawkfish.
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Old 04-29-2011, 10:35 PM
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I have two cleaner shrimps in my tank with a Flame Hawk.
They have been together since January, but the shrimps where there first, and they are fairly large. The Flame was added later at about 1-1/2" long.
Don't know about long-term, though, but my friend has Flame Hawk in her tank for years with all sorts of shrimps and she reported no problems.
Good luck, Lenny.
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Old 04-29-2011, 11:19 PM
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I have a cleaner, a fire and possibly some peppermint(never see them) with a flame hawk and a mystery wrasse......shrimp first, fish second, if you havnt already added the hawk.......or if you have the hawk make sure the shrimp are BIG.....even then it will be a roll of the dice
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My falco hawk killed a coral banded shrimp that was 2x his size , he just waited for him to molt then shredded him . The shrimp was in the tank first and it took the hawk 2 months but he finally got him.
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