What is a good hawkfish for a reef tank

[DEE’S reef]

What is a good hawkish for a reef tank I was thinking a long nose hawkfish. But I was thinking maybe a flame hawkfish but would that be fine or would it be a no.

 

[Minifoot77]

I have a falco hawk in mine and I don't have any complaints but I don't have shrimp either

 

[slingfox]

What is a good hawkish for a reef tank I was thinking a long nose hawkfish. But I was thinking maybe a flame hawkfish but would that be fine or would it be a no.

What size tank are you planning for? I have a Longnose Hawkfish in my 5 ft tank. Very chill and friendly fish. The only drawback is I can’t keep peppermint shrimp which limits the options for aptasia control. He might also be the fish which ate Berghia Nudibranch. The long nose got along fine with my skunk cleaner shrimp and red cleaner shrimp.

 

[Mike.]

My long nose is a character and leaves the peppermint shrimp alone (could be on borrowed time)

 

[DEE’S reef]

It’s a 4ft by 2ft by 16inch 80 gallon I don’t have shrimp but I have clean up crew

 

[joe0813]

I have a flame in my 100 gallon. he's with a blood shrimp and 4 peppermint shrimp, smaller fish too. he's never shown any aggression and has never touched inverts

 

[Marine Betta]

What is a good hawkish for a reef tank I was thinking a long nose hawkfish. But I was thinking maybe a flame hawkfish but would that be fine or would it be a no.

What else were you planning for your stock list? Longnose are my personal favorite, but it can be risky adding small fish and inverts with hawkfish. Flames pose less of a risk towards small fish than longnose hawks, but they are more likely to eat your hermits and snails. I’ve never had a hawkfish attack cleaner shrimp, blood shrimp, or coral banded shrimp. I would add the shrimp first, but there is still a risk the hawk will go after them since every fish is different. The safest true hawkfish is probably a pixie hawk or a falco. The safest ”hawkfish” is the geometric hawkfish which isn’t really a hawkfish. It’s actually a perchlet. Their behavior is similar to a hawkfish, but they’re not as aggressive. They stay small, so they pose less risk towards inverts and fish.

 

[DEE’S reef]

So I have a tang and pair of clownfish ones half the size of the other and a small yellow watchman gobie.
What I want to get
Hawkfish
6 line wrasse
Lawnmower blennie
That’s probably it
Maybe some shrimp.

 

[Ryan15236]

Longnose hawk in mine. Doesn’t bother shrimp. Can get grumpy and chase a fish here and there

 

[Marine Betta]

So I have a tang and pair of clownfish ones half the size of the other and a small yellow watchman gobie.
What I want to get
Hawkfish
6 line wrasse
Lawnmower blennie
That’s probably it
Maybe some shrimp.

The only fish I would be worried about is the watchman goby. The others should be fine.

 

[Tcook]

I would avoid the 6 line. They can become nasty to other fish. The yellow wrasse (H chrysus) or the pintail (C isosceles) are great mild mannered wrasses.

 

[Mason2reef]

Longnose hawkfish are usually the safer bet for reefs, they tend to be a bit less aggressive.

Flame hawkfish can work, but they’re more likely to pick off small shrimp. If you keep ornamental shrimp, I’d go longnose.

 

[JPG Corals]

I have this dwarf Hawkfish. He is great and doesn't mess with my corals, besides perching on them. Hes good with the other fish too.