arc eye hawkfish

[Isiah1820]

Best way to trap this A hole. He’s making life hell for my bi colored blenny, clown, and surprising my blue damsel. My yellow watchman stays out the way in his cave. And the funny thing is he was added like 7 maybe 8 months after everyone else as a replacement for my flame hawk that when carpet surfing.

 

[blaxsun]

Flame hawkfish are fairly relaxed in my experience. Mine liked to hang out up top on the wavemakers. How about this guy?

 

[Isiah1820]

Flame hawkfish are fairly relaxed in my experience. Mine liked to hang out up top on the wavemakers. How about this guy?

My flame was also chill. This is definitely not.

 

[.rami_fish]

Best way to trap this A hole. He’s making life hell for my bi colored blenny, clown, and surprising my blue damsel. My yellow watchman stays out the way in his cave. And the funny thing is he was added like 7 maybe 8 months after everyone else as a replacement for my flame hawk that when carpet surfing.

How do you trap this guy he is attacking all of my fish.

 

[Isiah1820]

How do you trap this guy he is attacking all of my fish.

I use this and the price is ridiculous. Lucky I had a fellow reefer let me borrow theirs. Worked great too

 

[Waters]

Hawkfish are tough to catch because they normally really tuck their bodies into crevices when the lights go out (or they are startled). That eliminates the "lights on in the middle of the night" method. Really only way is to use a trap. Is he an aggressive eater? I would lay it down right by his area and bait it with food.

 

[blaxsun]

That Nyos trap would probably work really well.

 

[BeefyReefy_]

Best way to trap this A hole. He’s making life hell for my bi colored blenny, clown, and surprising my blue damsel. My yellow watchman stays out the way in his cave. And the funny thing is he was added like 7 maybe 8 months after everyone else as a replacement for my flame hawk that when carpet surfing.

out of all the hawkfish, with consideration of tank size & mates of course, the arc eye has always shown to be the most feisty. i have one in a 40g cube with a maroon clown… the only fish i’ve found that can hold his own.

i hope you’ve caught it by now! if not- best of luck… only solution i could recommend is getting another fish to put the hawkfish in its place, however even that is unpredictable.

 

[Isiah1820]

out of all the hawkfish, with consideration of tank size & mates of course, the arc eye has always shown to be the most feisty. i have one in a 40g cube with a maroon clown… the only fish i’ve found that can hold his own.

i hope you’ve caught it by now! if not- best of luck… only solution i could recommend is getting another fish to put the hawkfish in its place, however even that is unpredictable.

Hey It’s been some time lol. But I did end up catching him with a trap i borrowed from a fellow reefer. Tank harmony was restored as soon as he was taken out.