This picture is after I moved him. Originally he was right up at the top of the overflow against where the water spills over into the overflow box. He must have been enjoying a massage from the current going through there.

Then, my friend, who had went to the fish store and picked up some mysid shrimp for me the day before, came over and dropped the food off. I defrosted the shrimp and then dropped them in. He finally ate…and boy did he eat. He ate about half the shrimp I threw in there over the other fish inside before going back to his perch:

In other news, my porcelain crab has still not shown itself, my cleaner shrimp is still alive and kicking (just hidden in the rock work), and now my purple fire fish has also retreated to the rear of the tank due to the hawkfish messing with it. Other than that, all seems good aside from a water change scheduled for this saturday!

Ill leave you guys with a pic of the entire tank. Again, sorry about the picture quality, these were actually taken with a cell phone. If you would like to see more pictures of the tank, click here

He is one of the most interesting fish I have in the tank for sure. All of his movements are very precise and with a purpose. He will perch up on a rock and look around with his huge eyes surveying the situation and then take a few pecks at a rock and move on. If he notices me watching the tank, he will sit right on the sand in front of the tank watching me. This fish always seems to be on the hunt, which makes me uneasy.

Since I have added this creature to the tank, my Scarlett Cleaner shrimp has retreated to the back of the tank. I have seen the Hawk attack the cleaner, but i decided to see if it was just a first days setting up a territory type thing, but I’m starting to think differently now. On the other hand, this fish will just sit and let my blood shrimp clean him all day long.

I have also noticed him picking on my Rainsford goby and purple fire fish. I was surprised that he even messed with the purple fire fish because they are both very similar in size. I am hoping within the next couple days to a week that things will calm down, otherwise I may have to take this guy back to the store =(

When we arrived, I immediately noticed a fish that I had been wanting since I started my tank (actually one of the reasons why I decided to get into the hobby). A Longnose Hawkfish. I had been going to fish stores for almost a year before I actually bought my tank and this was only the second time I had ever even seen one for sale. So naturally, I picked up my phone and did a little research on the guy to make sure he was going to fit in my tank. I read that he is a bit of a menace to small crustaceans and worms if not fed on a regular basis, but should leave shrimp alone. I decided to buy him.

He has been home and in the tank for a little over and hour now and is kind of worrying me. He looks awesome, is swimming around, and seems to be adapting healthily to the tank. The only problem is, the only time he takes his eyes off my cleaner shrimp, is to look at my blood shrimp. I am hoping he will settle down and realize that they are both cleaner species and not a threat or food.

I also bought a small porcelain crab. I couldn’t resist picking him up with the way he was filtering the water. Definitely one of the most interesting crab species I have ever seen.

On another note, I have exceeded my fish stock limit in this size tank and am going to have to monitor my chemical levels very closely for the next couple weeks to make sure the tank can sustain the current bio load. Otherwise I will have to remove a fish, or buy a bigger tank

until next time – adios

p.s. pics of the new additions will come with next weeks tank update. stay tuned!