CUC suggestions with Flame Hawkfish

sixty4tw · 09/17/2011, 02:33 PM

I would like to add a few inverts to my 30g FOWLR tank. I've read very conflicting things about whether you can keep inverts with Flame Hawks. My guy is pretty small (2") and eats heartily (frozen mysis, emerald entree, some flake).

Any safe suggestions? I think it would be beneficial for mt tank to have a CUC.

Thanks!

snorvich · 09/17/2011, 03:51 PM

No shrimp. Snails are fine.

kingfisher62 · 09/17/2011, 03:56 PM

Maybe some larger hermits!

DoubleM 10 · 09/17/2011, 06:48 PM

i had a hawk and the only thing he would pester was shrimp. all else is good

mgraf · 09/18/2011, 07:00 AM

I have a two inch flame hawk with blue leg hermits, coral banded shrimp (he is huge), a cleaner shrimp, snails, have never seen him go after anything. My advice is to make sure you don't get any shrimp too small, bigger would be better in this case. My flame was one of my first fish and the family has grown attached to him, I just cannot imagine a reef without lots of inverts!

sixty4tw · 09/19/2011, 01:35 PM

Thanks! Will see what is available at my LFS tomorrow. Think about a few hermits, maybe a few snails...

09/17/2011, 02:33 PM	#1
sixty4tw Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 53	CUC suggestions with Flame Hawkfish I would like to add a few inverts to my 30g FOWLR tank. I've read very conflicting things about whether you can keep inverts with Flame Hawks. My guy is pretty small (2") and eats heartily (frozen mysis, emerald entree, some flake). Any safe suggestions? I think it would be beneficial for mt tank to have a CUC. Thanks!

09/17/2011, 03:51 PM	#2
snorvich Team RC member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Outlander Posts: 40,953 Blog Entries: 46	No shrimp. Snails are fine. __________________ Warmest regards, ~Steve~

09/17/2011, 03:56 PM	#3
kingfisher62 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: massachusetts Posts: 4,972	Maybe some larger hermits! __________________ 55g Tank - 216W T5's Foxface, tomato clown, yellow tailed damsel, Starrie Blennie, LPS and softies 29G Biocube- 120W LED's 2 percular clown, Six line Wrasse , LPS and softies Current Tank Info: 55 gl. Reef tank ,29g biocube Reef

09/17/2011, 06:48 PM	#4
DoubleM 10 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Steamwood, IL Posts: 1,432	i had a hawk and the only thing he would pester was shrimp. all else is good __________________ Matt Lions, Groupers and Eels o my! Current Tank Info: Marineland 60Gal ReefReady cube, DIY led, Euroreef Skimmer Ins-80, Mag 9.5 return

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09/18/2011, 07:00 AM	#5
mgraf Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Canal Fulton Posts: 741	I have a two inch flame hawk with blue leg hermits, coral banded shrimp (he is huge), a cleaner shrimp, snails, have never seen him go after anything. My advice is to make sure you don't get any shrimp too small, bigger would be better in this case. My flame was one of my first fish and the family has grown attached to him, I just cannot imagine a reef without lots of inverts!

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sixty4tw Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 53	Thanks! Will see what is available at my LFS tomorrow. Think about a few hermits, maybe a few snails...