hawk fish question??

[Guygettnby]

i have had many hawk fish in the past and just recently bought a long nose hawk. it did great for about 4-5 days and then dissapeared. i later found it dried up on the floor.....are these fish known to be jumpers? never had a hawk fish even come close to the top of the tank in the past until this one.

 

[Chibils]

They are jumpers, but I'm with you. I have two firefish, a ywg, and (had) a yellow coris. None of them got anywhere near the top of the tank; if frightened, they went down instead of up.

 

[snorvich]

They jump. Sorry about your loss.

 

[falconut]

Definitely a jumper. Mine managed to jump over a 4" tall rim I built around the tank. I didn't find him until he was dry and dead.

 

[rydr119]

My Long nose loves to swim around the top of the water in my tank, he also likes to perch on the tops of my powerheads. I have heard that are big time jumpers.

 

[Guygettnby]

yea my hawk loved to perch on top of my power heads as well. i just never heard about them being jumpers. thanks for the responses, i now know not to buy a long nose again...

 

[cloob]

You could buy a spotted hawkfish. I have one in my 29 and it never swims towards the top.