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Old 04-02-2010, 05:33 PM
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My wife saw xtreme's Flame Hawkfish and now she is in the gotta-get-one mode, but I am concerned that it will annihilate our shrimp and snail population. Is it possible to keep this fish without losing shrimp, snails, brittle stars etc., if they are kept well fed?
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Old 04-02-2010, 05:39 PM
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have had mine 6 months and he only ate one peppermint added into the tank after he was so it was my fault a must have in terms of fish go there great
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Old 04-02-2010, 10:07 PM
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Well i just added a flame hawkfish to my tank. I suppose to have 5 peppermint shrimps but never saw them for some reason. Right now, he leave my coral banded and clean shrimp alone. He is a very cool fish
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I think I will have to pass on this fish. 3 different guys at Gold's including Dennis, did not recommend it unless you wanted to get rid of your shrimp and snails.
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Snails will be fine. Shrimp will not.

Cool fish. If you ever have a tank you're OK not having shrimp in, I'd do it. I had one in my cube tank. He was about 8 years old when I lost him in a mysterious tank hiccup in the fall.
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Old 04-03-2010, 05:53 AM
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uh oh, I will monitor him closely because my wife will kill me if her mated pair coral banded shrimps are gone.

I really like his personal tho, swims way to the top and begging for food when the feeding time comes
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