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Old 02-13-2004, 06:36 PM
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The natural diet of all hawkfishes include crustaceans. I would bet that once your hawkfish realizes that it's in a tank full of juicy shrimp, they will be gone. I guess you'll find out if the hermits are smart enough/well protected enough to avoid the hawkfish.

We all screw up sometimes but it really is essential to research your livestock before you buy.
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Old 02-13-2004, 06:50 PM
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I took advice from the LFS before buying..., no excuse I should have researched.

I have read a post by someone who had one with shrimps for years with no problem, I sincerely hope I get lucky.

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Old 02-13-2004, 06:56 PM
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I know I've read some reports regarding longnose hawkfish being unable to consume large shrimps, but not about flame hawkfish (which have a larger mouth). You may be lucky, but perhaps not. It will partly depend on the size of your shrimps.

LFS recommendations are often misleading. I recently found this out firsthand, with unfortunate results. Caveat emptor.
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Old 02-13-2004, 07:03 PM
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It is a 1.5 - 2" flame hawk and the shrimps are approximately his size or bigger.

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Old 02-13-2004, 07:06 PM
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Might want to see how big Bev's hawkfish was, versus her shrimps.
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Old 02-13-2004, 07:46 PM
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Hi guys,

If you look at my past posts you will see a few on this very same subject! Bev, if it's any consolation my first couple of Peppermint's lasted only 30 seconds before being gobbled, this compares to the three hours spent acclimating them! It was so sad to see them try and fend for themselves, but they were very small!

Venki, if it helps at all, I had some peppermints in my main display to take care of my aptaisia problem while my Flame Hawk, and Bi-colour Clennie were chilling in the qt tank. I thought the shrimp were dead from something else and put the two notorious gobblers back in the main display. Well my shrimp were able to find themselves a nice home and are now large enough to be ok. I still catch a glimpse of them at night every now and again. You might be alright, but I would ultimately they will be goners, if you do see them you might want to get them out of there.

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Old 02-13-2004, 09:44 PM
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I've seen my red coris Wrasse pull bristleworms out of my LR as a snack before......seems to really enjoy them! I'm ok with it, there is sooo many in there.

I used to have a ton of the little white brittle stars too......no more.
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Old 02-13-2004, 10:15 PM
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Sorry to hear about your losses!! Another hint... watch out for six line wrasses also. They can develop an taste for many kinds of shrimp. It took mine a while (long enough for me to add several different types of shrimp) but he now loves them. I took him a few months before he started.
I hope the ones you saved do well!!
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Old 02-14-2004, 04:28 PM
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The size of the hawkfish does not seem to be important. Hawkfish are shrimp predators period. I once as an experiment put a decent sized peppermint shrimp in with my Flame Hawk. I left the room for a few minutes, and upon my return found the shrimp dead.
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Old 02-14-2004, 04:34 PM
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Just to add another caution.

I believe neon dottybacks will eat shrimp too. I had one and within a week, I had no shrimp. Even my coral banded shrimp died.
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