Longnose Hawkfish

[Creetin]

Anyone got experience wif this fish? seen it in LFS n tot it looks interesting... how does it behave and will it realli jump out of the tank like wat the url says? do u guys give some coral for the fish to perch on?

Longnose Hawkfish

[Chris]

I just bought my second LNH 2 days ago from Chinatown. My first committed Sucide. Found it dried on the floor after work. Yes, it has the tendency to jump out if there are large fish in the tank that will chase it. Other than this problem, it is an excellent and beautiful fish. My 2 days old LNH can even swim up to the surface and peck silversides from my hand! It loves to eat silversides and mysis shrimps. It also like to perch on leather corals and fans. A brillant fish to watch as it skid from rock to rock.

[kelstorm]

u dun really need a coral or LR to let it perch on... it will seek out the best place to rest and get a bird eyes view of the surroundings... may i know how much u guys pay for it.. i was quote many times ard $15-18 each

[harlequin]

The LNH is one of the hardiest fish around.

My 1 year old fellow started off as 1 inch and now almost double its size.

Favourite resting place is on top of one of the powerheads.

The rest of my hawkfish, like Red-Banded Hawkfish, Pixie Hawkfish and Skunk hawk like to roam on the sand bed.

[Achilles Tang]

Sigh! I can never keep a LNH or other hawkfishes through out all these years of reefkeeping... although they are reefsafe... they eat cleaner shrimps.

*envy* <_<

[chanbi]

So far my flame hawk did not disturb any of my shrimp (i have 4 of them). What about the rest?

[Achilles Tang]

Interesting.... how long were they together?

I read in RC that the longest time that a hawkfish resisted eating tankmate shrimps was a year and a half. That was just one fella. The rest are commonly eaten with a few weeks or months.

[chanbi]

My flame hawk should be with me at least for half a year. And AT, u sure to miss out something without the flame hawk. He is really cool when u see him spying from one corner with his eye rolling left & right just like these.....

[harlequin]

Hawkfish are the coolest ! Eyes rolling to follow your movements.

Lost all my cleaner shrimps after a while. That's the only setback.

[chanbi]

So it is really true? Hopefully my flame hawk will not turn that way after another few mths..

[kelstorm]

hawkfish will definitely eat your shrimps one way or another.. my 2 spotted hawks whacked all my cleaner and camel shrimps.. sigh...

[harlequin]

No more drunken prawns folks.

Its Hawkfish or Prawns....

Maybe when I start clearing fishes out of my current tank , i will start ordering king size fire shrimps.

[Creetin]

hi guys, the LNH has such a small mouth how issit possible to eat shrimps? anyway i wana add a coral banded shrimp...will the LNH eat it too?

[Tanzy]

hi guys, the LNH has such a small mouth how issit possible to eat shrimps? anyway i wana add a coral banded shrimp...will the LNH eat it too?

You have such a small mouth, how do you eat a cow?

The hawkfishes will mutilate a shrimp bit by bit. Quite cool to watch the helpless shrimp getting whacked.

[harlequin]

Actually it is quite fun as Tanzy has said.

Once in a while, i'll buy those freshwater prawns (meant for feeding luohans type) and throw the whole lot into the tank.

then you can see what is all hell break loose.

[kelstorm]

Actually it is quite fun as Tanzy has said.

Once in a while, i'll buy those freshwater prawns (meant for feeding luohans type) and throw the whole lot into the tank.

then you can see what is all hell break loose.

yup, i know what u mean.. even my pigs (foxface, blue tang and PT) will whack them.. sigh...

[Creetin]

tat means i cant get the CBS n put it into mi tank unless i forgo the hawkfish...

[X_Japan]

no not necessarily

I have a LNH in my tank

and I have 3 boxers together with it

nothing has happened to it till date

and everything is pretty fine

[kelstorm]

no not necessarily

I have a LNH in my tank

and I have 3 boxers together with it

nothing has happened to it till date

and everything is pretty fine

your LNH decided to have a change of diet?? so lucky.. wish i have that..sigh..

[B|uEc@rpEt]

i think such hawk behaviour varies from fish to fish n of cos it depends on their indi sizes...

In my reef tank...i have a pair of flame hawks...have yet to witness them eating my shrimps...though my banded did loose one of its claws once...then again...not too sure if the hawks did it.

While in my other tank i have a LNH...mine thats a ripper man! It steals live FW shrimps from my lion...and grips the shrimp tightly within its small mouth...n shake/ tear/ swallow it.

If u ask me if its nice 2 watch? well...i guess its an accquired taste.

[Creetin]

i was thinking since the coral banded is so fierce, i might get away wif it i add the coral banded first den the LNH later. hehe...

anyway from wat i see, no LNH ever decided to eat a CBS? or are there any incidents u guys experienced?

[anakjoh]

Is LNH same as LN filefish?

Didn't know cannot mix with CS. Can mix with blood shrimp?