hawkfish bothering hard to get inverts?

[bill109]

hello
it has been veryy tempting to buy a longnose hawk for a long time now, i would have a lot earlier but i ahd shrimp. now that i know someone in my tank is eating them (prolly my 6 line..) will a LN hawkfish bother hard to get inverts? like hermits? i have maybe ten and around 3 snails? lol. i dont have many inverts but was wondering if he will pick on them. i can see them eating a shrimp but lets face it. its an easy snack..
thanks again

 

[bill109]

i see here on swf's fish list they just say monitor with shrimp.. specifies shrimp not all inverts..

?
thanks in advance

 

[sepulatian]

Hawks all have different personalities. My hawk has grabbed a hermit, sucked it out of it's shell, then spit it back out while looking at me. I have hermits in the tank that he has not bothered in two years. He was POd when he did it. I needed to move the display and put him, along with the rocks and inverts into a 20 gallon. Others will go for inverts. My hawk has nipped at my new serpent star's legs recently. The star dared to move them while the hawk was looking, yet the crabs can walk on by. It depends on their mood.

 

[bill109]

Originally Posted by sepulatian
http:///forum/post/2697950
Hawks all have different personalities. My hawk has grabbed a hermit, sucked it out of it's shell, then spit it back out while looking at me. I have hermits in the tank that he has not bothered in two years. He was POd when he did it. I needed to move the display and put him, along with the rocks and inverts into a 20 gallon. Others will go for inverts. My hawk has nipped at my new serpent star's legs recently. The star dared to move them while the hawk was looking, yet the crabs can walk on by. It depends on their mood.
i only have some hermits and a few snails so i am debaing to try it. for who is ever following this if anyone lol do you think its a bad idea to take this route?
there are a tonn of little gaps and holes in the rock and there is quite a bit of rock in my 90 so there is alot of roaming room..
thanks
-bill

 

[aquaknight]

Snails and hermits are replaceable (as well as being as natural food source). Fish with personailities are few and far between.

 

[bill109]

Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/2698402
Snails and hermits are replaceable (as well as being as natural food source). Fish with personailities are few and far between.

haha okay? your right tho.. it would be nice to have a fish with a personality that shows 24/7 lol
how much do snails really help? i have less then 15 in a 90 soo...

hey y not?
you dont think that is he finds out im replacing them he wil keep munching on them like a everyday food source?
thanks again
-bill

 

[aquaknight]

I meant that, in the wild, snails and hermits are on the 'bottom rung,' so to speak, of the food chain. Many animals eat them. So when housed in an aquarium together, losses are expected IMO. I wouldn't replace daily. Perhaps just find certain cleanup crew members that the hawk doesn't kill. Probably extra large turbos and nassuris snails come to mind.

 

[sepulatian]

I don't think one would kill all of them. It would likely go for a shrimp though, but not the hermits so much. Mine has never bothered any of the snails. He only picked on the star the one time They are awesome fish. I would go for it. Be careful adding small fish after him though.

 

[meadbhb]

Hiya,
I've got a spotted hawk fish in my tank. I see him mess with the shells every once in a while, but I don't think he's eating them. I also had him with a cleaner shrimp for a long time and he left that one alone too. Sigh...a trate problem ended up getting him.
Meadbhb

 

[bill109]

Originally Posted by sepulatian
http:///forum/post/2698649
I don't think one would kill all of them. It would likely go for a shrimp though, but not the hermits so much. Mine has never bothered any of the snails. He only picked on the star the one time They are awesome fish. I would go for it. Be careful adding small fish after him though.
i should make him the last addition because i would like to add a few more b/g reef chromis.

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by bill109
http:///forum/post/2698855
i should make him the last addition because i would like to add a few more b/g reef chromis.

Yes, definitely after the chromis or anything else that is small. They are not mean fish, but they don't take too kindly to new guys, especially if they are small. Larger fish are fine.

 

[bill109]

Originally Posted by sepulatian
http:///forum/post/2699074
Yes, definitely after the chromis or anything else that is small. They are not mean fish, but they don't take too kindly to new guys, especially if they are small. Larger fish are fine.
ok thanks you for all the helpful info.

-bill