will a flame angel and flame hawkfish get along?

[Lion-o]

Subject pretty much sums it up I have an elos midi reef tank ~30ish gallons that needs replenishing. My two remaining fish are a single clown and a flame angel. I'm wondering if we added a flame hawkfish if that would cause any issues, or if they should get along fine. Have read some good things about the flame hawk's personality

thanks!
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[lucky_snapper]

I had both in a 225g and had no problems.. in your case 30 gal is much smaller but I do not think that you will have issues..

 

[suta4242]

Ordinarily I would say fine. But that's a small tank, it might be better suited to the hawk than to the flame. At any rate, I had a five year old well fed flame angel in a bigger system. Napoleon ruled that tank, but I figured a flame hawk shouldn't bother him but it did. He made it his mission in life to restrict the hawks movements to one very small corner of the tank with a coral colony. He did this for a year and I had to rehome the hawk.

While I believe this behaviour was atypical, I think there are a few things that contributed to it; I don't think the similar colour had much to do with it. Firstly Napoleon's age and status in the tank. Their behaviour changes a lot with age, so your best chance is with a younger fish especially when introduced to an existing fish's domain. The other thing was I wondered whether running the temperature high (27C) contributed to the aggression. Not sure, but I've since noticed aggression can be curbed in part by running a lower temperature. Finally, I think if he had to interact with another angel and the corresponding mental stimulation he might have paid less attention to the poor hawk.

Just some food for thought,
:wave:

 

[reefiness]

I would say you're fine. They both are known to be aggressive to like species, but they are different so it should be fine. I don't think the tank size is that big of an issue. What are the dimensions?

 

[Lion-o]

Dimensions look to be : Tank size- 22.5"x19.7"x19.1"

http://www.marinedepot.com/Elos_36_...and-Elos_USA-EO7311-FIAQNCTS-EO7315-2-vi.html

 

[scooter31707]

Honestly, you may not be able to add anything to that tank with the Flame Angel being established. A Flame Angel does not belong a 30 gallon tank, they require a 70 gallon or bigger. If anything I would remove the Flame Angel and add the Flame Hawkfish. Good Luck!

 

[brett559]

yes

 

[kichimark]

I have a flame hawk and flame angel in a 100g and they completely ignore eachother. As others have mentioned, the tank is on the smallish side so make sure there are a few hiding places in to make them feel secure.

 

[snorvich]

Honestly, you may not be able to add anything to that tank with the Flame Angel being established. A Flame Angel does not belong a 30 gallon tank, they require a 70 gallon or bigger. If anything I would remove the Flame Angel and add the Flame Hawkfish. Good Luck!

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[Lion-o]

Appreciate the feedback. I usually take liveaquaria's tank recommendations to heart so I'm not sure how we got the flame angel into a smaller tank than he is supposed to be in. Maybe the recommendation increased over the last 6 years. He has been a pretty happy camper and rarely exhibits anything close to aggression, so we'll see how it goes. Have a pair of kaudern's cardinals in QT right now.