I think I made a mistake...

[timschmidt]

I trusted my LFS guy.... I am not too savvy on fish compatibility and asked if this Flame Hawk would pose a problem in my tank. Of course he said no, but I did some research and apparently I have a buffet for a Hawkfish. The tank is 55g but the current and future inhabitants will be/are:

2 peppermint shrimp
1 cleaner shrimp
3 firefish
1 mandarin
1 Yellow watchman goby
2 ocellarus clownfish
1 tiger pistol shrimp
1 pom pom crab
couple feather dusters
and of course a clean up crew of snails and hermits.

I think I have a buffet for this guy. Does anyone have any personal experience with these fish? I read that they will eat shrimp, snails, hermits, and pick on slow fish.

He's in QT now, so I can take him back if need be.

 

[JustinReef]

I have heard this too but mine never bothered anything. I have not heard of them eating crabs or snails though. It may pick on fish a little but mine never did and was very well behaved. Like any angel, they can be coral nippers.

Its so hard to say how he will behave until hes in the display and then its really hard to get them out if they are bad.

Hey I wanted to say its great to hear you QT your fish!

 

[timschmidt]

I think I'm going to take him back...I don't really want to have to pull all of my LR out to catch him if he is bad. I will just stick to the fish I've researched. Thanks justinpsmith, but I don't want to wait and see if he will behave.

 

[JustinReef]

I think you are making the right choice then. Its will be best for the fish in the end too.

 

[rioshilo]

He is talking about a flame hawk, not a flame angel... completely different fish. It's not gonna bother the other fish. As far as the shrimp, you never know but the flame hawk is pretty small and not as likely to go after the inverts. Mine never bothers my cleaner shrimp or my peppermint shrimps. FWIW...

 

[timschmidt]

Well, the fish is back and happy. Thanks for the input.