Flame Hawkfish

[R.Courtney]

Our flame hawkfish has some pretty significant damage to his tail fin. I think it’s actually worse than when this photo was taken this morning. We plan on trying to catch him and move him to give time to heal, but other than that we aren’t sure what to do with him. I’m not sure who the culprit is. Our Midas Benny doesn’t bother him. Our yellow tang pesters him but really only gets in his space and pushes him off his rock I’ve seen the hawk and our clown have one squabble and have seen the hawk in the clowns cave a couple times, so she would be my guess. But I haven’t seen any other issues besides the one time so can’t say for sure. Any advice?? We love both of them and would like to keep them.The hawk was the last edition because he was previously in a smaller tank with a different clown that was chasing and fighting with him.

 

[Tahoe61]

That's a tough one. #fishmedics might have some suggestions.
It likely is aggression but by whom, my money is on the female clown.
You can try a mirror for distraction. My concern would be a secondary infection setting in.

 

[bristleworm]

my money is on the clown fish.

 

[mann1139]

How long has the hawk been in that tank? How big is the tank?