Well, i now have 2 Flame Hawkfish in my aquarium.. The reason why is truly unbelievable..
I had a flame hawkfish for long time, happy and healthy, and back in June, it disappeared, no trace, no body, it didn't jump out, nothing.. I figured it died and crabs and scavengers ate the body back under the rocks, so I purchased another one, and it was doing great for the last 6 weeks.. Yesterday I decided to clean my protein skimmer , and while doing so, i saw my flame hawkfish inside the filter.. Apparently the fish swam through the skimmer overflow pipe into the skimmer and couldnt find its way out, luckily it didn't jump out of the top. Thinking it was the replacement fish , perhaps in there for a couple of hours, i rescued it and put it back in the tank. A few minutes later i discovered 2 hawkfish, and i realized that 1st hawkfish somehow swam into the skimmer in June and was living inside it for 6 weeks! I know hawkfish are hardy but thats crazy, i guess it found enough food in there to survive! I am absolutely amazed this fish is still alive!!
My tank is 60G and I have lots of rock, will there be a huge issue with the 2 hawkfish being together? They seem to be getting along okay since yesterday, but thats just 24 hours.. I have a friend who offered to let me rehome if it doesn't work out, what are the odds?
Other inhabitants include 2 clowns, a banggai cardinal, 6 line wrasse, filefish, a bar goby, and eibli angel..
I had a flame hawkfish for long time, happy and healthy, and back in June, it disappeared, no trace, no body, it didn't jump out, nothing.. I figured it died and crabs and scavengers ate the body back under the rocks, so I purchased another one, and it was doing great for the last 6 weeks.. Yesterday I decided to clean my protein skimmer , and while doing so, i saw my flame hawkfish inside the filter.. Apparently the fish swam through the skimmer overflow pipe into the skimmer and couldnt find its way out, luckily it didn't jump out of the top. Thinking it was the replacement fish , perhaps in there for a couple of hours, i rescued it and put it back in the tank. A few minutes later i discovered 2 hawkfish, and i realized that 1st hawkfish somehow swam into the skimmer in June and was living inside it for 6 weeks! I know hawkfish are hardy but thats crazy, i guess it found enough food in there to survive! I am absolutely amazed this fish is still alive!!
My tank is 60G and I have lots of rock, will there be a huge issue with the 2 hawkfish being together? They seem to be getting along okay since yesterday, but thats just 24 hours.. I have a friend who offered to let me rehome if it doesn't work out, what are the odds?
Other inhabitants include 2 clowns, a banggai cardinal, 6 line wrasse, filefish, a bar goby, and eibli angel..