Long Nose Hawk
My son wants a long nose hawkfish in my mixed reef.
Long nose hawk. Hawk fish arc eye hawkfish dwarf hawkfish freckled hawkfish. Back over 50 years ago the long nose hawk fish was not so uncommon as there were many reefs at 70 to 120 feet deep that were covered with black coral so the fish had a lot of corals to live in. Hawkfishes are distributed principally in the indo pacific with two species originating in the tropical western and eastern atlantic ocean.
Long nose hawk and what cuc they may eat. Very photogenic with white base color and red bars and stripes forming netted pattern of squares. Size up to 13 cm.
Start date nov 7 2019. Mostly found at gorgonian or black coral and they feed on crustacean using their long nose. The longnose hawk eats a carnivorous diet of live or frozen meaty foods often supplemented by their own scavenging of microscopic inverts in the tank.
Joined aug 30 2019 messages 1 360 reaction score 1 061. Most species are found in shallow water with some being found at depths of up to a few hundred feet. 2 5 3 long nose hawk.
They are also prone to harm from strong stinging corals and anemones. The longnose hawk is a voracious predator and will snack on small inverts or fishes so tank mates should be selected carefully. Will it bother my peppermint shrimp.