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Suggested Tank
30+ gallons
Max Size
3.5 inches
Difficulty
Temperament
Description
A stout, vivid scarlet-red perching fish with a black band along the dorsal fin base and black markings ringing the eyes, rarely exceeding 3.5 inches. It spends its day propped on live rock and branching SPS with its thickened pectoral rays, darting out to snatch food, and is hardy, bold and personable but territorial toward gobies, blennies and other small bottom-dwellers. Give it a rock-scaped tank of 30 gallons or more with caves and coral branches, a tight-fitting lid since it will jump, and avoid housing it with small ornamental shrimp, which it may hunt.
Reef Safe
With caution
Environment
The Flame Hawkfish prefers a well-decorated aquarium with plenty of hiding spots. Live rocks and corals are essential for this species as they provide the much-needed cover and perching spots.
Behavior
This species is known for its bold and curious nature. It is not a swimmer but prefers to hop from one rock to another. It is known to be territorial and may become aggressive towards other Hawkfish or similar sized fish.
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Owner Reviews
Clamps Cove
@ClampsCove
Tony, our Hawkfish is an absolute hoot. Personality in spades as these fish scoot around and perch absolutely whatever they can balance in your tank. Absolutely no aggression issues in our experience. In fact ours likes to break up fights between our young clownfish as they find their pecking order. Lawful good security guard.
Ben Townsend
@BenTownsend593
One of my all time favorite fish, a model citizen in my 32gal. He has tons of energy and a super erratic swimming pattern, tons of personality!
Christian
@Christian27484
Fish somewhat looks like the devil does in cartoons and it lives up to the name. This guy would always be aggressive to new additions and would land right in corals to disturb them.
Cooper O’Dell
@Cjodell8
Is a fun fish to have in your tank just be weary as they sometimes will go after inverts
Jasia
@Jasia17750
Love this fish, it has so much personality. This fish will perch on anything it can. It did pick on my Midas blenny every so often but for the most part it has been good. I never had any issues with it eating my cleaner shrimp or any other clean up crew that I saw but I have heard some people have issues with that. Also I have never had any issues with it bothering corals besides it sometimes perching close to them. Have a tight lid because mine liked to skip across the top of the water and I did find it one time on the top of my glass lid cooking under my light because it managed to get out of a 2in wide hole near the back thankfully I found it in time. From my experience if you keep it well fed it should be reef safe but I have only had one so it could just vary from fish to fish.
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