longnose hawkfish and shrimp

[zacheyp]

i picked up a longnose hawkfish today and wonder could i still get shrimp. Thanks in advance.

 

[melosu58]

Longnose Hawkfish

According to the link they should not be together.

 

[zacheyp]

what about a large shrimp like a coral banded?

 

[joy13]

Don't risk it.

 

[zacheyp]

does anyone have any experence with this?

 

[joy13]

Well not first hand but I saw it happen in someones else tank. Poor shrimp.

 

[bootz]

Bad idea. the shrimp will eventually kill and eat the shrimp. i prematurely added a longnose into my tank about a year ago and from the very first second in my tank it tried to kill my shrimp. I was ignorant to the fact that they were 100% incompatible. One day he finally got my shrimp no matter how many hiding spots i added to my tank it killed both the fish and the shrimp b.c he tried to swallow it whole.

 

[FlopNewsom]

I've had a long nosed hawk fish with 3 cleaner and one fire shrimp for several months. So far so good.

 

[Greenturtle]

I have a longnose hawkfish in my 90 gallon reef. I have 3 peppermint shrimp and a scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp. All are very small, and my hawk doesn't go near them. He even lets the cleaner shrimp clean him.