Longnose hawkfish???

[boxcar182]

Will my longnose hawkfish take out my cleanup crew? The hawkfish is only 3 inches right now.

[Snook65]

IMO, it is a very good chance it will. I had to remove all my liverock today in order to finally catch mine and return it to the store. Spent all afternoon trying to restack the rock like I had it, but still does not look as good as before. Next weekend I will purchase a few cleaner shrimp and a purple fire goby that my hawkfish had killed over the past several months.

[virginiadiver69]

One thing I have learned with this hobby is that our critters don't know the rules we apply to them. If nothing else is true is that it really depends on the individual. I added a longnose hawkfish second after my clowns and he has been a model citizen. Very entertaining and friendly to everything in my tank including shrimp.