Flame Hawkfish
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norfolkgarden
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With a small Flame Hawk and a decent-sized fire shrimp you should be okay. But you will seldom see the fire shrimp anymore.
Been doing it for several years.
I would never put a peppermint shrimp or ghost shrimp in my tank.
Just too tempting.
While it may work but it is not guaranteed.
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Glad we did it. The flame hawkfish has a lot more personality than the fire shrimp ever did.
Fire shrimp still comes out to the edge of the rocks at feeding time.
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Been doing it for several years.
I would never put a peppermint shrimp or ghost shrimp in my tank.
Just too tempting.
While it may work but it is not guaranteed.
[emoji4]
Glad we did it. The flame hawkfish has a lot more personality than the fire shrimp ever did.
Fire shrimp still comes out to the edge of the rocks at feeding time.
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brett559
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I've had my flame hawk for about three years. He's awesome.
I once added two smallish fire shrimp to my tank. I added them and checked a few minutes later. One was hiding. The other was half-gone, i.e. only head remained. I did have a mystery wrasse in there as well, so I can't be sure it was the hogfish....but let's be real, it probably was.
I once added two smallish fire shrimp to my tank. I added them and checked a few minutes later. One was hiding. The other was half-gone, i.e. only head remained. I did have a mystery wrasse in there as well, so I can't be sure it was the hogfish....but let's be real, it probably was.
Silly clownfish
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I had a coral banded shrimp in with army flame hawk for about 12 years. The CBS would come out and wave his arms around, no problems. That said the CBS had a "œwingspan". Much larger than the hawk.
The CBS did disappear back around Christmas. I don't know what happened, but when I searched online, I could not find any documentation of anyone having one thT long. I think the longest other one I saw someone mention was 8 years.
Ironically, about a month later I lost the flame hawk who I'd had almost 19 years to jumping out of the hole in my canopy that my feeder drops into.
I miss both but haven't decided if I want to repeat the combination.
Kim
The CBS did disappear back around Christmas. I don't know what happened, but when I searched online, I could not find any documentation of anyone having one thT long. I think the longest other one I saw someone mention was 8 years.
Ironically, about a month later I lost the flame hawk who I'd had almost 19 years to jumping out of the hole in my canopy that my feeder drops into.
I miss both but haven't decided if I want to repeat the combination.
Kim
jd371
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I just added a Falco Hawkfish to my tank with both a Cleaner and Fire shrimp. The Falco has ignored both shrimp, but they are larger than the Hawkfish. I've heard the Hawkfish will sometimes wait until the shrimp molts before going after them, but mine have molted numerous times since I've gotten the Hawkfish.
Silly clownfish
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Emeralds had a decent survival rate with my flame hawk. I think they typically succommed to starvation from eating all of the hair algae, not to the hawk. Hermit crabs always seemed to have a slow attrition, which I attributed to the hawk picking them off if he caught them changing shells.
Now in my other tank, my valentini puffer seems to clean up all snails within a day or so of putting them in. Even the little Cerritos that I thought might be able to hide in the rock.
Now in my other tank, my valentini puffer seems to clean up all snails within a day or so of putting them in. Even the little Cerritos that I thought might be able to hide in the rock.
scooter31707
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I have 3 cleaner shrimp and 2 peppermint shrimp with mine. he even lets 1 of the cleaner shrimp clean him. my shrimp were in the tank before the hawkfish.
