Nooo the flamehawk!! :(

[Maxi]

So, I recently bought a flame hawkfish, and today, nowhere to be found, I find it dead.

My reasonx as to why:

Sixline wrasse attacked flamehawk all night before removing the sixline the next day, after I discovered what was occurring.
Could the injuries left behind have lead to the hawk's downfall?

 

[Recty]

Yes, severe stress and beating can be enough to cause a fish to die even after the stressor has been removed.

 

[Maxi]

I'm mad I spent 50 bucks on the fish I've been always on the hunt for, for it to be killed by a sixline wrasse.
Now I see why the LFS 2 years ago wanted to get rid of the fish so badly.
If you are reading this - I don't reccomend anyone to buy a sixline, he's cost me over $200 worth of shrimp and fish.

 

[snorvich]

I'm mad I spent 50 bucks on the fish I've been always on the hunt for, for it to be killed by a sixline wrasse.
Now I see why the LFS 2 years ago wanted to get rid of the fish so badly.
If you are reading this - I don't reccomend anyone to buy a sixline, he's cost me over $200 worth of shrimp and fish.

Which, if you are an avid reader of this forum, is easily predictable. Sorry for your losses.

 

[Maxi]

lesson learned.

 

[locust]

Poor old flame hawk!! I love them but they always seem to be the ones that get picked on. I have had a few before this one and, one of them jumped out of the tank, another one mysteriously disappeared!! I couldn't even find his carcass!! I suspected he was taken by a mantis shrimp but i had 2 clowns in the tank that were even smaller than him, and they were fine. I have had this guy for about a year and several times when he was small he got sucked out through the overflow!!! Now he's big enough to look after himself so i'm hoping i will have more luck with him. The tank is just not the same without a flame hawk.

 

[Maxi]

It isn't the same..I was loving the red flag hopping around for that first day =\

 

[scubasteve06]

I have a lyretail and a sixline in the same tank. My lyretail on occasion swoops down and kinda bothers my dottyback, and blenny but no one bothers him or nor does he bother anyone else. I dunno if your six line thought different of your hawkfish because yours is a flame and mine a lyretail. All fish personalities are different also, you never know.

 

[sanchoy]

stress by harrassment alone can kill some fish.. fyi

 

[snorvich]

stress by harrassment alone can kill some fish.. fyi

Yes, specifically it causes intimidation of the victim such that it will not eat. Firefish are highly susceptible to this but other fish are as well.

 

[skanderson]

its also much more difficult for fish to escape harassment in a smaller tank like yours. for what its worth if you get rid of the 6 line and get a new hawk it may end up killing other fish added after it. sorry for the loss.