Hawkfish Experience?

[UMALUM]

Wouldn't trade em for the world...
I usually order 100 snails and 20 xl peps annually so who's counting?
They're not gonna kill anything that won't fit in their mouth.

 

[Saltynewby]

I had a pygmy hawk. Only about an inch. Very shy. After a few days, he disappeared. My tank has flame angel, valentini puffer, clown, and 2 chromis. Not sure what happened?? He was a cute little hawk.

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

What’s your experience with Red, Longnose, Geometric, and other Hawfish? I want a bottom dwelling fish with a ton of personality and many have suggested that I get a hawfish. However, I have many ornamental shrimp. I also have some pretty peaceful fish that may be prone to getting bullied. Opinions?

Best fish ever.

 

[FishTruck]

Falco hawk... same as what was said earlier... shrimp are a no go . If my daughter did not love that fish so much I'd get rid of it. It is a huge fat turd and looks like Godzilla. My tank is big enough... that it gets gassed when it tries to bully the other fish (which is funny), but in a smaller tank would be a problem for the other fish.

It does have a lot of personality, as it perches and seems to watch me when I look at the tank.

 

[toxicdave45]

Had a long nose for 2 years before it died. It was my favorite fish. He always loved to perch on the powerheads and the magnet scraper and would follow me around the tank when I was walking around my room. Whenever I was working with my hands in the tank he would swim up and sit next to me while every other fish stayed away. Also he was very sweet and I had no issues with him attacking inverts. The one bad thing about mine was that he refused to eat anything that wasn’t frozen food which made going on vacation for a few days a nightmare worrying about him. Overall a very great fish!

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

Falco hawk... same as what was said earlier... shrimp are a no go . If my daughter did not love that fish so much I'd get rid of it. It is a huge fat turd and looks like Godzilla. My tank is big enough... that it gets gassed when it tries to bully the other fish (which is funny), but in a smaller tank would be a problem for the other fish.

I've never had a falcos mess with peppermint or cleaners.

 

[Necrodaemus]

Had to evict a flame hawkfish...he was extremely murderous toward smaller wrasses. After that experience, I'm hesitant on trying a longnose.

 

[littlefoxx]

What’s your experience with Red, Longnose, Geometric, and other Hawfish? I want a bottom dwelling fish with a ton of personality and many have suggested that I get a hawfish. However, I have many ornamental shrimp. I also have some pretty peaceful fish that may be prone to getting bullied. Opinions?

My long nose was peaceful but not at feeding time. He sat right under the feeding hold in my old tank and chased fish off. Little bogger also harassed my pistol shrimp. Always trying to eat him even when the shrimp “shot” him multiple times. If you have shrimp skip a hawk.

 

[FishTruck]

I've never had a falcos mess with peppermint or cleaners.

Mine was okay for the first year or two with the cleaners and fire shrimp that were in the tank. Later... shrimp would disappear. I tried putting a skunk shrimp in this summer (after a few years with zero shrimp)... and it chomped about an hour later. It was really sad... because all the other fish seemed really excited that there was a cleaner shrimp... they lined up for cleaning and everything. I was bombing the tank with food so nobody was hungry.

I would like to trade my Falco for yours :D

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

Mine was okay for the first year or two with the cleaners and fire shrimp that were in the tank. Later... shrimp would disappear. I tried putting a skunk shrimp in this summer (after a few years with zero shrimp)... and it chomped about an hour later. It was really sad... because all the other fish seemed really excited that there was a cleaner shrimp... they lined up for cleaning and everything. I was bombing the tank with food so nobody was hungry.

I would like to trade my Falco for yours :D

The current folcos is yet TBD. But I do know it's a roll of the dice

 

[aggrofish]

Had a flame hawk fish. He’d perch on a rock waiting for a goby to terrorize. I watched him attach a diamond goby like a pit bull. Also terrorized a yellow watchman. Lots of personality but would sit on every coral in the tank.

 

[fishkat]

What’s your experience with Red, Longnose, Geometric, and other Hawfish? I want a bottom dwelling fish with a ton of personality and many have suggested that I get a hawfish. However, I have many ornamental shrimp. I also have some pretty peaceful fish that may be prone to getting bullied. Opinions?

I have a longnose hawkfish. its unusual and peaceful BUT all other fishes are larger and shrimp is on the menu----Unless they are larger, then it might work!
fishkat

 

[Kilman805]

I’ve been considering a geometric pygmy hawkfish. I haven’t seen any comments on them so far in this thread. In some older threads people have said they are not true hawkfish and are more peaceful and safe with inverts. Anyone here have firsthand experience?

 

[Maho.B]

I've had a Geometric Pygmy Hawkfish for about 9 months now, it is absolutely one of my favorite fish. Super interesting personality. It's always out and about perching all over the place and seems to genuinely "enjoy" looking through each nook and cranny. It has not shown any aggression to any fish or inverts (snails, blue leg hermits, emerald crabs and peppermint shrimp) and none of my fish bother him either. Highly recommend.

 

[sky414]

One of the coolest fish I've ever had.
Will/can/does eat any and every shrimp.

Looove the longnose, but I second this. He had a great personality, always swimming around, super greedy, but killed everything smaller than it. The deal breaker was when he bit my geometric pygmy hawkfish in half. Had to go back to the LFS. I have too many small fish for him. I would maybe try him again in a tank with large fish. Best of luck.

 

[sky414]

I’ve been considering a geometric pygmy hawkfish. I haven’t seen any comments on them so far in this thread. In some older threads people have said they are not true hawkfish and are more peaceful and safe with inverts. Anyone here have firsthand experience?

They are awesome, but tiny. My Longnose killed mine. I would try again...

 

[drbrivers]

What’s your experience with Red, Longnose, Geometric, and other Hawfish? I want a bottom dwelling fish with a ton of personality and many have suggested that I get a hawfish. However, I have many ornamental shrimp. I also have some pretty peaceful fish that may be prone to getting bullied. Opinions?

My last fish only system some years ago - I had 3 hawkfishes, a flame, long nose, and tasselated. All great, very hardy, got along with everybody (but I did not have any small fish like gobies though) else (angels, yellow tang, maroon clown) EXCEPT cleaner shrimp - the long nose hawk in particular hunted and consumed them relentlessly.

 

[Uncle99]

Love em. But small shrimps are bye-bye.

 

[sky414]

What’s your experience with Red, Longnose, Geometric, and other Hawfish? I want a bottom dwelling fish with a ton of personality and many have suggested that I get a hawfish. However, I have many ornamental shrimp. I also have some pretty peaceful fish that may be prone to getting bullied. Opinions?

I bought a small longnose - it bit my geometric Pygmy’s head OFF. It was literally floating around in the tank….longnose had great personality, other than his murdering capability. I do NOT recommend. Good luck!

 

[Rp8]

Loved my hawk nose, had so much character.