Safe for Shrimp?
 

I'd like to add some ornamental shrimp to my 120 gal reef tank. Currently do not have any in the tank. Would any shrimp be safe with a flame hawkfish, flame angel and accessor?

I would go with Cleaner Shrimp or Peppermint Shrimp. I would stay away from Coral Banded Shrimp personally. :biggrin:

LOL, no shrimp is safe with a flame hawkfish. You can take your chance if the hawkfish is small and the shrimp is large.

+1 And Hawkfish have surprisingly large mouths.

Sorry missed the Hawkfish...my bad. :redface:

That's what I thought! Too bad but I do love the hawkfish.

I have two cleaner shrimps in my tank with a Flame Hawk.
They have been together since January, but the shrimps where there first, and they are fairly large. The Flame was added later at about 1-1/2" long.
Don't know about long-term, though, but my friend has Flame Hawk in her tank for years with all sorts of shrimps and she reported no problems.
Good luck, Lenny.

I have a cleaner, a fire and possibly some peppermint(never see them) with a flame hawk and a mystery wrasse......shrimp first, fish second, if you havnt already added the hawk.......or if you have the hawk make sure the shrimp are BIG.....even then it will be a roll of the dice:wink:

My falco hawk killed a coral banded shrimp that was 2x his size , he just waited for him to molt then shredded him . The shrimp was in the tank first and it took the hawk 2 months but he finally got him.