Fish to Swims out in the Open

[darthgoby]

Hi everyone,

I've made my decision and I believe my next fish will be a hawkfish. While he won't be swimming around the tank, he should be out on the rocks most of the time.

 

[wcolwell88]

I've heard hawkfish will eat shrimp and things if you have them. I'm considering a flame hawkfish for my tank but don't want it to eat my cleaner shrimp.

 

[Grins]

Nice choice Darth, if I didn't have a reef I'd go for a longnosed hawk in a second.

 

[tankanator]

colorful yes, but mine also hover/swim in the top corner of the tank only coming out when i put my hands in to bite me.
They have drawn blood twice.
Friend have often said when viewing my aquarium "where are your clowns"
Cardinals are always out in the open to the point of boredom.
For cheap affective color i would of thought you couldn't beat the chromis in a small tank in a small sholl.

My clowns swim all over the place and are highly visible but do bite me when I'm cleaning the tank, I think it is funny but some times it hurts. They a great fish long lived and will eat out of you hands.

 

[SHK_ATK]

I've heard hawkfish will eat shrimp and things if you have them. I'm considering a flame hawkfish for my tank but don't want it to eat my cleaner shrimp.

I had a flame and a cleaner and for the longest time he did not bother it, then one day the cleaner dissapeared (he was big too) and then one day the flame hawkfish was gone (i think he jumped out) I also have a 6 line so im not sure if HE would of been the culprit of the missing shrimps, so far ive lost 5-6 cleaners 5 pepps and 2 camels.