Flame Hawk - Pairing

[Eva Rose]

My pixy hawkfish died last week. He was an older fish already when I got him 3 years ago. He had a great personality & temperament. He got along well with my other fish, including my Longnose Hawkfish. I would like to get a flame hawk in the future - actually prefer a pair. I have seen bonded pairs available.
1) I am correct that Flame Hawks are fairly mild in temperament for hawkfish?
I do not want any fish that would bully (especially not bully my jawfish or YWG).

2) I have seen bonded pairs, (in other species) get along as juveniles, then spar once older.
How do flame hawks usually act?

Thx!

 

[eatbreakfast]

Buy juveniles simultaneously. There may be a couple of days of squabbling, but nothing serious.

Flame hawks are a very well behaved species and should ignore most other fish.

 

[mort]

I call them cheeky rather than aggressive as they can deliberately annoy other fish without doing any harm. By that I use my old one as an example that used to swim near my female clown, wait for her to move him on and then do a lap of the tank and come up behind her and start it all again. I think they are quite intelligent so need stimulation.

They seem easy to pair and I believe they change sex which makes it even more straightforward. Also from the pair I kept they seem longterm bonded species like long nose are. They can be pretty inseparable in fact. I've also seen them kept in harems.

 

[DracoKat]

I call them cheeky rather than aggressive as they can deliberately annoy other fish without doing any harm. By that I use my old one as an example that used to swim near my female clown, wait for her to move him on and then do a lap of the tank and come up behind her and start it all again. I think they are quite intelligent so need stimulation.

Mine does the same, also with clowns. He's always teasing the clowns