Longnose hawkfish

ChadyP · May 10, 2018

Has anyone had problems with a hawkfish eating a starfish. I saw him nip at my store at the other day now after returning home and being gone for two, I know starfish is missing pieces of his limb. My only guess is that it's him or my fire shrimp.

eatbreakfast · May 10, 2018

Starfish missing limbs is a sign they are starving. That is not caused by hawkfish or fire shrimp.

nereefpat · May 10, 2018

I would be really surprised if a longnosed hawkfish would bite a starfish.

Your post does say "hogfish" though. To be clear, hawkfish?

ChadyP · May 10, 2018

nereefpat said:
I would be really surprised if a longnosed hawkfish would bite a starfish.

Your post does say "hogfish" though. To be clear, hawkfish?

Oops. Using talk to text. Well, the strfiwh has been in the tank for 2 months now and never moved from it's original spot. Once I saw the hawk anip at him one time, he has been traveling all over the tank. My wife saw the fireshrip picking at him last night but I think it was just cleaning the star.
So if he is starving, what can I feed him? I am currently adding phycopure to the tank.
Thanks guys!

eatbreakfast · May 10, 2018

They feed on biofilms in the tank. Ideally plan on 100g per starfish in a tank that has been setup over a year.

CC13 · Dec 5, 2018

eatbreakfast said:
They feed on biofilms in the tank. Ideally plan on 100g per starfish in a tank that has been setup over a year.

Any chance we figured out how to feed? I have the exact same starfish I think is also starving, is there anything I can do to feed this little guy?

eatbreakfast · Dec 5, 2018

CC13 said:
Any chance we figured out how to feed? I have the exact same starfish I think is also starving, is there anything I can do to feed this little guy?

Just a large, mature reef system.

CC13 · Dec 5, 2018

eatbreakfast said:
Just a large, mature reef system.

Large system I have.

I had to dose flocuzanole about a month ago to try and rid of hair algae to which there has been a large decrease in available algae in the system. Is there anything I can directly feed?