The Flame Hawkfish Mating Journal

[Wrangy]

Awesome looking pair, really like the pair posing on the frag rack!

Yep, they're absolutely fantastic fish!

Im sorry to hear the loss, you should get a screen cover I just made some for my tank using 1/4inch clear mesh to keep my exploring eel in the tank. Cost me around 20$ to make myself

Yeah, probably the hardest part of my reefing life. I'm potentially setting new tank up soon so we'll see how I go about it Getting my new hawks tonight though

 

[kizanne]

That is a real shame.

Kiz McLeod

 

[Cosmojo]

Sorry to hear that happened :/ I have a pair of them in my 180, they have been battling a little bit about who is going to be the dominate one up until about a day or so ago. Now they are getting along very well and spend most of the time very close to each other.

 

[laga77]

Just picked up a small 1.5" FH yesterday with the intentions of adding it to my 120G reef with a 2" FH. She will spend a couple of weeks in QT and then I plan on using a clear 2L bottle to introduce the new girl for a couple of days before letting her go. Hopefully they will get along. Will post progress.

 

[Wrangy]

That is a real shame.

Kiz McLeod

Yeah it was a really sad day indeed! I have my new hawkfish though so I'm looking forward to creating a new friendship with them

Sorry to hear that happened :/ I have a pair of them in my 180, they have been battling a little bit about who is going to be the dominate one up until about a day or so ago. Now they are getting along very well and spend most of the time very close to each other.

Glad to hear they sorted out their differences and decided who was boss! You'll love them now that they've paired up nicely it's the one of my favourite things in this hobby!

Just picked up a small 1.5" FH yesterday with the intentions of adding it to my 120G reef with a 2" FH. She will spend a couple of weeks in QT and then I plan on using a clear 2L bottle to introduce the new girl for a couple of days before letting her go. Hopefully they will get along. Will post progress.

Sounds awesome! You're going to love having a pair so much I'd opt for a week in acclimatisation in the tank so you can really tell what the behaviour of your existing hawk will be
Definitely keen to hear how it goes!!

 

[Wrangy]

And I have mentioned I finally have my new pair of hawkfish and they seem to have settled in famously!

 

[laga77]

I introduced the new Hawkfish into the 120G reef today with no problems. I used a 2 liter bottle with small holes drilled for only 2 hours. The existing Hawkfish would swim up to the bottle and look but there was no aggression. Once I released him t took less than a minute for them to find each other and when they did, they went side to side and shook and rubbed for 10 seconds and now are swimming around together. I will post progress.

 

[gogo7]

congrats. they're bloody cute lil fishes.

 

[laga77]

I wish I had their meeting on video.

 

[cheezybuda]

How do you sex flame hawkfish? I have 2 in my 210g, but don't know if I have a potential pair.

 

[ThRoewer]

No need to sex them - they can change both ways as needed. All you need is two of them.

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[laga77]

I now have 2 pairs of Flame Hawkfish and 1 pair of longhouse Hawkfish. It is really cool to watch them swim around and interact with each other. I also have a Golden Hawkfish in the FOWLR tank. I have a thing about Hawkfish.