Golden Hawkfish

[brett559]

Went to a new LFS yesterday (short business trip) and saw this guy.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4b8av5h90kq3hxx/IMG_1197.jpg?dl=0

Hard to tell how big he was in the photo. He was big. Probably 4 inches at least. $299.99. Not sure if that's a good price.

He was a little pale, but the owner said he'd color up in a real tank. Never seen one before in real life, so thought I'd share...

 

[Tkieu78]

I saw one at a lfs also. First time seeing in person. Nice golden yellow. Was probably 5 inch.

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[ThRoewer]

I saw one at a lfs also. First time seeing in person. Nice golden yellow. Was probably 5 inch.

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Is that the one at Aquatic Collection? They have it for a while now and it's quite large. The issue with these guys is that they will eat whatever fish or shrimp fits into (or more precisely through) their large mouth.
I had a significantly smaller hawkfish (something like a falco or fuscus) and it took my firefish and skunk cleaner shrimp as snacks between feedings.
These yellow monsters look like they could swallow a good sized fish and for sure any ornamental shrimp.
I would only put it with fish larger than it's fully grown size.

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[jbvdhp]

I was offered one at $159.99 so that's expensive, to me.


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