hawkfish

[hardlife]

antone keep them in a reef, i had one a while back and it ate my cleaner and fire/blood shrimp. anyone know if they will do this all the time or was it just a bad hawk. i love how they act in the tank, just dont want to lose my shirmp that i will get

[mtfatwork]

I have one in a reef housed with 3 pepermint shrimp, and have had no problems.

[borgy]

Depending on the type of hawkfish you get, you could have problems. By nature most of them eat small fish and crustaceans(your shrimp for example).

We have an Arc-Eye hawkfish. Although it is a favorite of mine, it is one of the more aggressive predators of the species. He enjoys our tasty hermit crabs.

Below is a pic of the Arc-Eye type. (This is not a pic of our fish....but it does look just like him)



The most recent issue of Coral Magazine features Hawkfish. You should check it out.

[Sea monkey]

my long nose eats shrimp and gobies. extremely cool fish other than that, very personable . always seems to care what you are doing.