Longnose Hawkfish question...

[Reefer420]

I really love the look of the longnose hawkfish - I've read online minimum tank size is 30g...

What would you think to a longnose in a 37g reef? Not enough room? Will probably have a firefish, and some clown gobies to share its tank with..
Just planning my future upgrade and looking into things..

THoughts?
:Thinking:

 

[scarf_ace1981]

if the min is a 30g and you have a 37 that would be fine.

 

[inkblue]

doNt know muCh about siZe requiremeNts for the longNose, but miNe perChes a lot, eats onLy frozen foods unfortunateLy, but reaLLy nice fiShy
:flower::flirt::wink1::usa1:

 

[prattreef]

No problem at all. Great fish. I'd probably add it last if the others you mentioned are to be tankmates... not really aggressive, but moreso than the others. They will eat shrimp though. Randy

 

[Reefer420]

nice- as long as it will eat frozen like cyclo, mysis, etc. then thats great.

It will be last added.

Just wanted to make sure that 37g wasn't too small - sometimes those tank size ratings you see online aren't really accurate!

 

[inkblue]

:flower::flirt::starfish::bablefish minE eatS anything froZen, hasnt touched any of mY shrimPs, reaLLy peaceFuL, took him about a week to get comfortabLe 'percHing' but now he juSt waits for fo0d ...!

 

[Reefer420]

Good to hear! I've been obsessed with that fish since I noticed it as the MR logo!

 

[inkblue]

i goT mine from h20 montHs ago, i beLive tHey have 2 in right noW...

:flower::usa1::spin::scratchch

 

[Reefer420]

well it will be a while until I upgrade anyway- just planning everything out!

 

[House of Laughter]

No problem at all. Great fish. I'd probably add it last if the others you mentioned are to be tankmates... not really aggressive, but moreso than the others. They will eat shrimp though. Randy

and all other inverts including snails and crabs, they are particular to nassarius obsoleta and extract them with surgical precision - I have seen this and made this clostly mistake.

House

 

[Reefer420]

what about larger cleaners & bloodshrimp, etc?


hmmm... maybe it could eat my Mantis!!!

 

[marrone]

hmmm... maybe it could eat my Mantis!!!

More likely the Mantis will eat it, pretty easy as it's a sitting target.:skull:

 

[Reefer420]

More likely the Mantis will eat it, pretty easy as it's a sitting target.:skull:

*sigh* i've learned that w/ my clown gobies... though the hawkfish is a little larger.

but the mantis will NOT be in my tank when I upgrade - I will do whatever it takes to get it out! :skull: :skull: :skull:

 

[marrone]

You would be suprised on what a Mantis can take down. I had one grab a 3-stripe damsel and take it into it's hole.