Flame Hawlk fish any experience?

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  1. sauce-n-tank

    sauce-n-tank Feather Duster

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    Hey i just bought a flame hawlk about 1 inch and a quarter, ialso have him in a 30 gal.I feed all my fish pellets and brime shrimp but i never see him eat or go for the food. Then little by litte i have been noticing my crab is missing legs, my shrimp an arm, and my purple dart fire fish is missing a fin and just died but i havent seen any aggression from it.. whats going on??:-[
     
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  2. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Flame hawks love to eat inverts. Known for flipping them and plucking them from shell. Did it eat at the store you bought it from?
     
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  3. sauce-n-tank

    sauce-n-tank Feather Duster

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    man i know it sounds stupid but i was so anxious to get it cause my LFS usualy dont cary them and it was the perfect size so i forgot to ask to feed..
     
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    techno2 Stylophora

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    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Try some garlic soaked food. Garlic is supposed to encourage eating(among other things).
     
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  7. techno2

    techno2 Stylophora

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    Ill try and get a video. It is the funniest thing. The second the lights go out, he races to his corner, flips upside down, and spends the night.

    Too funny.
     
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  8. sauce-n-tank

    sauce-n-tank Feather Duster

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    lol that is funny. send that vid. well i think im going to get som flakes from me LFS. if not bye bye inverts
     
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  9. Iraf

    Iraf Snowflake Eel

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    I want a flame hawk to replace my deceased six line but I'm setting up a brine hatchery first I think... From what I've read they can be finicky eaters unless it's live food sometimes
     
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  10. sauce-n-tank

    sauce-n-tank Feather Duster

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    oh i c.. well i used to have a six in line but i thing my eel ate it since it was sick from ick.
     
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