"Last fish" ideas?

xtreme · #1 11-17-2009, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

I really want a flame hawk but I think it may be better to get something that actually swims around a bit more.

My flame hawk moves about quite a bit. He will disappear into the rockwork, then reappear at the other end of the tank. He is always swimming around and he always seems to be watching me. Very cool fish with a great personality.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #2 11-17-2009, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by xtreme

My flame hawk moves about quite a bit. He will disappear into the rockwork, then reappear at the other end of the tank. He is always swimming around and he always seems to be watching me. Very cool fish with a great personality.

Does he bother other passive fish at all?

Delphinus · #3 11-17-2009, 06:48 PM

Mine never bothered anyone. The ONLY incident I ever noticed with my flame hawk was with my sixline. The sixline was a total jerk to him the first couple of days and the flame had torn fins and whatnot. Somewhere around day 3, the flame hawk said "Enough of this", beat the living SNOT out of the sixline (bruises and everything), from that day on there was peace between the two. So, definitely a fish who can hold his own if need be, but would prefer peace first. Definitely the coolest little fish. Man I really miss mine.

lastlight · #4 11-17-2009, 06:53 PM

Keep this banter up guys. I'm essentially pretend-populating my tank off this thread lol.

Delphinus · #5 11-17-2009, 06:59 PM

Ok, I was going to stop talking but Brett's making me keep going. I'm completely innocent here.

FWIW, J&L also has orchid dottybacks in right now. They fit the bill for a splash of colour (not red or yellow but damn they are a sexy colour), open water swimmers (although like to have caves in rocks for a place to hang their hat), and generally regarded as the least aggressive dottyback. I'm not terribly certain how he would do with your other tankmates. Possibly OK, but ... I don't know for certain.

Mine is in a 115 cube and although the smallest fish, doesn't really fear anyone (but I see no issues of aggression). He did get a little cheesed when I added my eel, I guess as a fellow save dweller he didn't appreciate having to share all the rock holes. So he would swim very angrily around the eel when the eel was out. "Swim! Dart! Swim! Dart! Look at me! I'm small but I'm fast. Swim some more! Dart some more! Hey, come back here! I'm not done swimming towards you. Yeah I'm swimming to YOU buddy!" That's all it ever amounted to, the eel is mostly blind and took no notice, and they seem to accept each other now anyhow.

lastlight · #6 11-17-2009, 07:00 PM

Haha! That's EXACTLY how mine was.

Tony do you order livestock from J&L? Is it better to ask an LFS to get a fish or buy one if you see it available at J&L? Also how do you know if fish off their big lists are actually in stock?

GreenSpottedPuffer · #7 11-17-2009, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Ok, I was going to stop talking but Brett's making me keep going. I'm completely innocent here.

FWIW, J&L also has orchid dottybacks in right now. They fit the bill for a splash of colour (not red or yellow but damn they are a sexy colour), open water swimmers (although like to have caves in rocks for a place to hang their hat), and generally regarded as the least aggressive dottyback. I'm not terribly certain how he would do with your other tankmates. Possibly OK, but ... I don't know for certain.

Mine is in a 115 cube and although the smallest fish, doesn't really fear anyone (but I see no issues of aggression). He did get a little cheesed when I added my eel, I guess as a fellow save dweller he didn't appreciate having to share all the rock holes. So he would swim very angrily around the eel when the eel was out. "Swim! Dart! Swim! Dart! Look at me! I'm small but I'm fast. Swim some more! Dart some more! Hey, come back here! I'm not done swimming towards you. Yeah I'm swimming to YOU buddy!" That's all it ever amounted to, the eel is mostly blind and took no notice, and they seem to accept each other now anyhow.

LOL....

Please don't stop! This is exactly what I was hoping for. Otherwise I just end up choosing from the fish I already know or are most common.

Another good idea and at this point, I don't think I will worry about color as long as the fish is brightly colored.

naesco · #8 11-17-2009, 07:53 PM

With the size of your tank and your wish to have a mid water fish I would consider a blue chromis. Not the aggressive one but the one with a yellow tail. They are active enough but peaceful, inexpensive and IMO a bright blue fish really looks impressive in a small tank. Just an option.

xtreme · #9 11-17-2009, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

Does he bother other passive fish at all?

I've never seen him bother any of my other fish. He is one of the smaller fish in the tank though so its a different environment than what your tank would be.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #10 11-17-2009, 07:38 PM

So Flame hawks seem quite "gentle"

Still not really what I am looking for but a possibility.

Gramma loreto I had not considered but I might now goo look at them next time J&L has them in. Could be a nice way to add some color to the tank as well as movement.