Golden hawkfish cirrhitichthys aureus

[Moort82]

Spotted one of these guys today that came into a lfs as a falco's. Finding it hard to find any good info on them. I've kept Hawks before and know their negatives but feel that is far out weighed by their character. I'm also fed up with my cleaner shrimps who hide (although being fair to them i think the big cosmetus wrasse intimidates them), so will move them out to the peaceful refugium display.
If anyone has any experience of the above and can say how they might differ from the similar small hawks i'd be greatful. It is also a reddish colouration at the moment. I'm assuming the yellow colouration increases as they age? going by the pictures on the net with mature specimens a beautiful golden colour.

TIA

 

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They are very pretty. When I researched them before I got a lot of information suggesting that they were very aggressive/nasty and they get pretty big. So a lot would depend on tank size and tankmates. Sorry to be so vague, but it was a while ago.

 

[Moort82]

Thanks Robin. I have come across something which said they were less site specific and defended larger territories than any of the other similar sized or slightly smaller species, so what you say is very interesting, and i'll definitely keep looking around that as it seems they might be overly aggressive.