Golden Hamlet

[RC79ATC]

I also have a Golden Hamlet. The trick I used to get it to eat was small fish. Kill fish, guppies and tiny rosy reds.

Once they eat and stop think you are going to eat them, they become puppy dog fish like the little Seabass they are

Great fish. As a Caribbean/Atlantic guy they are one of the rare beauties.

 

[MrTaleb]

I also have a Golden Hamlet. The trick I used to get it to eat was small fish. Kill fish, guppies and tiny rosy reds.

Once they eat and stop think you are going to eat them, they become puppy dog fish like the little Seabass they are

Great fish. As a Caribbean/Atlantic guy they are one of the rare beauties.

I appreciate the info, it really is a beautiful fish and that's why I've been stressing about it not eating. From your experience how often do they need to eat? Like if mine ate today by when should I be worried if I don't see it eat again? Also have you gotten yours weaned off small fish and onto frozen and other things?

 

[RC79ATC]

I appreciate the info, it really is a beautiful fish and that's why I've been stressing about it not eating. From your experience how often do they need to eat? Like if mine ate today by when should I be worried if I don't see it eat again? Also have you gotten yours weaned off small fish and onto frozen and other things?

I feed my fish on a tide system, trying to keep their routine natural. I feed twice a day. The Golden is a pig once they start eating. What I found that helped mine was competition...when the other fish get into a feeding cycle he gets in the middle of it.

And yep, mine eats cut frozen shrimp and fish.

 

[MrTaleb]

I feed my fish on a tide system, trying to keep their routine natural. I feed twice a day. The Golden is a pig once they start eating. What I found that helped mine was competition...when the other fish get into a feeding cycle he gets in the middle of it.

And yep, mine eats cut frozen shrimp and fish.

That's good to know. I saw him come up a few times when I fed the rest of the fish but he didn't actually grab food, but similar to what you are saying he dashes and was right in the middle of the frenzy. Now that mine recognized the silverside as food, I am going to chop one up a little smaller and mix with clams and LRS and see if he comes up and eats.

 

[RC79ATC]

That's good to know. I saw him come up a few times when I fed the rest of the fish but he didn't actually grab food, but similar to what you are saying he dashes and was right in the middle of the frenzy. Now that mine recognized the silverside as food, I am going to chop one up a little smaller and mix with clams and LRS and see if he comes up and eats.

Once it gets acclimated, it will eat almost anything. I'm a big grouper fan...and these are my favorite little mini grouper

 

[MrTaleb]

Once it gets acclimated, it will eat almost anything. I'm a big grouper fan...and these are my favorite little mini grouper

I have another mini grouper, the white spot soap fish. It used to only come out at night but now comes out during the day, that fish actually looks like a puppy with how it follows me and begs for food. It glides in a cool way when it swims and is one of my favorite fish.

 

[RC79ATC]

I have another mini grouper, the white spot soap fish. It used to only come out at night but now comes out during the day, that fish actually looks like a puppy with how it follows me and begs for food. It glides in a cool way when it swims and is one of my favorite fish.

I'm loving your Caribbean fish. I collect almost predominantly species from where I live. I feel that Atlantic/, Caribbean species are incredibly underrated

The red phase soap fish is awesome as well.

 

[MrTaleb]

I'm loving your Caribbean fish. I collect almost predominantly species from where I live. I feel that Atlantic/, Caribbean species are incredibly underrated

The red phase soap fish is awesome as well.

Have you also observed that species
that normally see each other in the wild (collected from the same area) get along better in aquariums (as long as they don't look similar of course)?

 

[RC79ATC]

Not really no. Aggression is mostly about space and habitat. For instance, Blue Tangs are a schooling fish in the wild with large groups of individuals grazing about the reef. In a tank, unless introduced together and given lots of space, they murder each other (individual exceptions not withstanding)

Hamlets do not like other hamlets. I've put a shy and indigo hamlet in a 200 gallon tank with plenty of rock work, very few tank mates and they fought constantly until the shy bullied the indigo so much I had to move it.