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Old 02-14-2004, 10:50 PM
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Been there done that. I bought a half dozen cleaner shrimp once and my lunare wrasse picked them off one by one in five minutes. An expensive newbie lesson. Ok.. never mind... luke away...
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Old 02-15-2004, 02:56 PM
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This topic has received conflicting reports, i'll add at this time all my shrimps are safe. My shrimps molded and I was scared that the hawk at something to do with it, but I did a count and spotted all five in the tank.

There are three other reefers on the eastern Canada board, who have had the Flame Hawk with shrimps, with no problem for years.

I thnk it is another hit and miss situation with this combo.

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Old 02-15-2004, 04:53 PM
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I think good rule of thumb is that if the hawk can fit the shrimp in it's mouth, it will. I once saw the LFS dump a bag of peepermints in a tank with many hawks, and within minutes, all the hawks had shrimp sticking out of their mouths! Oops!
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Old 02-15-2004, 06:11 PM
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Now that would have been a sight!
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Old 02-15-2004, 06:55 PM
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venkiw, I've had a flame hawk in with shrimp before and there were no problems and my flame was about 2.5"-3". How big are your shrimp?
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Old 02-16-2004, 11:23 AM
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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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I guess my hawk is not that big.

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I guess in that case the Hawk couldn't differentiate between food and inhabitant. In my case the shrimps went in before the hawk, may be that could have made the difference?
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Old 02-16-2004, 04:25 PM
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Venkiw, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!
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Old 02-16-2004, 04:50 PM
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I guess in that case the Hawk couldn't differentiate between food and inhabitant. In my case the shrimps went in before the hawk, may be that could have made the difference?
Is there a difference between food and inhabitant?? because in the wild, almost everything is food
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