Indigo/Blue Hamlet

egwich · Jul 19, 2019

Recently bought a Blue Hamlet on an impulse buy. Was getting some water from the store, saw the fish, bought him, not knowing much. I know - stupid decision. I have two full grown ocellaris clowns, royal gramma, diamond watchman goby, and lyretail anthias. All are good sizes except the gramma is probably around two inches. I was warned off in a few threads that my hamlet may one day become a killer. He's such a cool looking fish, and he's shown no aggression in the five weeks I've had him. I feed him a lot. He hasn't even touched my fire shrimp or my peppermint shrimp. He likes to float around with the clowns and anthias and hang out when he's not hiding in his cave. I figured I'd start a thread just on this fish to see if anyone with Indigo Hamlet experience can weigh in.

Am I taking a big risk by having him in my tank? Or if I feed him well enough am I OK if he hasn't shown any aggression or chase. I've been debating giving him up back to my store, but wanted to see if anyone had any experience with these .

saltyhog · Jul 19, 2019

Following along to hear of people's experiences. There may not be many as they don't seem to be kept by many folks.

I see them a lot when diving the Caribbean and they are absolutely beautiful fish. They do have very big mouths for their size (think large mouth bass) and I have the same fear you do about them eating tank mates. I don't think they're the risk level of a frog fish, grouper or lionfish but I don't know that for sure.