flame hawk w/ peppermint shrip

[emperior911]

what would be the odds of a flame hawk eating peppermint shrimp?

 

[sirbooks]

Pretty good, especially if the flame was in the tank first. If so, it's probably used to you feeding. Many hawks seem to recognize their feeder, and either watch or actually swim to the water's surface when they approach the tank. If you drop in something that looks like food, it will probably try to eat it. Most shrimps look like food to hawkfish. A peppermint shrimp would be an expensive snack- personally, I prefer using ghost shrimp.

Even if the hawk gets added after the shrimp, there's a good shot it will eat it. Some people have had success keeping peppermint or other shrimp with flame hawks, but it's always a risk.

 

[snorvich]

Better than pretty good. Nearly 100%

 

[Bret61081]

I wouldnt say that. I have 2 peps in my tank with a flame hawk. Have had the shrimp over a year now and the hawk since Nov and have never had a problem. I also have a cleaner and blod shirmp that are always out in the open and it has never bothered them aswell

 

[snorvich]

I did not say 100%. But the odds against it working are significant.

 

[Rob3]

My flame hawk wiped out all the shrimp in my tank, even the ones that were in the tank before the flame arrived. They like to eat and once they taste their first shrimp its all downhill from there.

 

[emperior911]

i have 2 cleaner shrimp in my tank already

 

[snorvich]

If you like the cleaner shrimp, you might consider forgoing the Red Flame Hawk Fish.

 

[emperior911]

i already own the flame hawk, and the cleaner shrimp... they've been together for a year... i'd like to add a peppermint or 2

 

[onereefnotenuf]

i used to have 6 peppermnt shrimp. either my 4" voltans or my flame hawk ate them. i was betting on the lionfish but i guess it could have been the hawk.