add a flamehawk???

[jferrier]

Hey just wanting some opinions on flamehawks?
I have a clown and a cleaner shrimp and want a hippo later and a mandarin in the future. I've read that the ritteri's anemone will host flamehawks and was concerned he might try and fight my clown for his BTA.

 

[nasotang00]

Anemone's do not host to hawkfish, only clowns.
You may want to watch out for the cleaner shrimp though. Hawks are known to go after smaller inverts like that.

 

[jayster]

The flame hawk is the coolest and does not mess with my coral banded shrimp. If you get a small flame Hawk (2-3 Inches) he should be fine, and fun to watch. He will occasionally swoop down on the other inhabitants but he doesn't do any damage when he gets there. Just a poser. I never heard of needing a host anemone for the flame hawk. He seems happy with flake as well.

 

[striker]

A flame hawk will often enough perch on corals using its' fins to look out for food and/or predators. They will do just fine without any corals by perching on rocks in your tank. I have a cleaner and bought a small hawk. He's a pleasure to watch and is non-aggressive towards the other fish, crabs and my shrimps.

 

[banshee]

I have a flame hawk in my tank with 2 cleaner shrimp and a coral banded. No problems. The only problem was when I tried to add a few small (about half the size of the hawkfish) peppermint shrimp to the tank. They turned into an expensive meal.

 

[flyinbrian]

I found this quote about the flame hawk.
"It eats small fish and shrimp, and uses the anemone Heteractis magnifica for cover, and swims within the branches of hard corals."