Hawkfish Tankmates

[bigcheif]

What fish would be good tankmates with hawkfish in a 29 gal tank? I was wandering about a percula clown.

 

[LisaD]

what kind of hawkfish? it can make a difference. with a longnose or flame hawk, I think a percula (or ocellaris, I think they might be a little hardier) would be fine.

 

[bigcheif]

THE FLAME

 

[ACBlinky]

Hawks are active, tough fish and can be bossy but I think clowns of any species should be able to hold their own with no problem. I keep my pixy hawk with other semi-agressive fish: a damsel, saddleback clowns, sleeper gobies, a flagfin angel, neon dottyback and sixline wrasse. I'd avoid small, timid fish and (unless you're adding something more agressive than the hawk) add it to the tank last.

 

[bigcheif]

Did you have any trouble getting your 6 line to eat at first. Also what do you feed it. I was thinking about getting that to go with the flame.

 

[jcopp24]

Louis V

Louis V

I have my Flame hawkfish in with three other fish... only for a little while, until the grouper and puffer get bigger then they can go in my 75 gallon.
Currently Flame hawk fish with a Maroon Clown, a grouper... not sure which one, and a thin lined puffer. I also have a couple of pieces of coral in the tank that Louis loves to sit on.
Louis was in the tank when I took it from a friend, when I added the other fish he was very aggresive towards them for the first day. ( Bumping into mainly the grouper, until he told the Flame to f off ) Now everyone is happy and healthy.
How big is your flame hawkfish? Here is a pic on mine about 2 and a little inches.

 

[ACBlinky]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6877302#post6877302 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bigcheif
Did you have any trouble getting your 6 line to eat at first. Also what do you feed it. I was thinking about getting that to go with the flame.

Sixlines are pigs - if they're not eating at the LFS I wouldn't buy them, something's wrong.
I feed my fish mysis, shrimp, plankton, brine, spirulina brine, Cyclop-eeze, live mussels, several types of dried seaweed and Hikari Marine 'A' and 'S' pellets - basically as much of a variety as possible.
A sixline and a flame hawkfish should get along just fine, they're both semi-agressive so be cautious if you're adding other fish after these two.

 

[bigcheif]

My hawk is may 2 inches at the most. I am still undecided about what to get to go with the percula and flame. I am going to look tommorrow.