groupergenius
Active Member
Been wanting to add a trigger in one of my reefs. Probably my softy tank.
Just looking for hopefully some success stories.
Just looking for hopefully some success stories.
Does anybody here have triggers in their reefs??
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jessica47421
Active Member
my lfs has one in their coral display tank......they say it has never bothered anything. its a niger
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emeralcrab
Guest
I have a humu humu, doing great, no problems so far.
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alexmir
Guest
There was a SW fish magazine that came out a while back ( not sure of the name, sorry) that was discussing reef safe triggers. You coulg do a Google search for the magazine for that particular issue, may be able to help.....
redman1221
Member
I have a blue throut trigger in my 125g reef tank he hides alot right now, I can't wait for him to come out more.
phxfishguy
Member
I've heard mixed things about triggers in reefs. Blue Jaws are supposed to be reef safe and Nigers are up to chance. The thing though is most people with reefs have crabs, snails, shrimp, etc. And these triggers will eat them. So they may be reef safe, but not invertabre safe.
fishpeep101
New Member
Ditto. I have a blue jaw trigger in my tank srt up with some reef.
Jennifer
Jennifer
phxfishguy
Member
How long have you had them?
groupergenius
Active Member
Originally Posted by mie
http:///forum/post/2560473
I have a niger in mine for well over a year with no issues, also two shrimp.
Nigers are my favorite. The blue jaws are pretty and all, but for some reason I have allways liked the look of the nigers. It'll be a while, but I'll try one someday soon.
http:///forum/post/2560473
I have a niger in mine for well over a year with no issues, also two shrimp.
Nigers are my favorite. The blue jaws are pretty and all, but for some reason I have allways liked the look of the nigers. It'll be a while, but I'll try one someday soon.
phxfishguy
Member
I have shrimp and corals and would love to get a Blue Jaw, but I am very wary. I don't want to wake up to a devastated tank.
kjr_trig
Active Member
GrouperGenius, I would recommend the Sargassum, I have one and they are wonderful fish, also they are pelagic (open ocean fish), they don't live on the reef, thus don't require food that lives on the reef, at least thats how I think of it.
Had mine 2 weeks, already my favorite fish.
Had mine 2 weeks, already my favorite fish.
groupergenius
Active Member
Originally Posted by kjr_trig
http:///forum/post/2564371
GrouperGenius, I would recommend the Sargassum, I have one and they are wonderful fish, also they are pelagic (open ocean fish), they don't live on the reef, thus don't require food that lives on the reef, at least thats how I think of it.
Had mine 2 weeks, already my favorite fish.
Well, I broke down and got a Sargassum today. What a good looking and personable fish so far. I'll post a pic when I get a chance.
http:///forum/post/2564371
GrouperGenius, I would recommend the Sargassum, I have one and they are wonderful fish, also they are pelagic (open ocean fish), they don't live on the reef, thus don't require food that lives on the reef, at least thats how I think of it.
Had mine 2 weeks, already my favorite fish.
Well, I broke down and got a Sargassum today. What a good looking and personable fish so far. I'll post a pic when I get a chance.
clownfish11
Active Member
lets see some pics 
groupergenius
Active Member
Originally Posted by ClownFiSH11
http:///forum/post/2611919
lets see some pics
Just got my camera back today from Canon. I'll get pics next week.
The trigger would charge at my fingers whever feeding and kinda spooked me a little. Now I get my hands in the tank and do stuff with no worries. He just wanted to check me out. I can even hold and pet him and he's not afraid.
http:///forum/post/2611919
lets see some pics
Just got my camera back today from Canon. I'll get pics next week.
The trigger would charge at my fingers whever feeding and kinda spooked me a little. Now I get my hands in the tank and do stuff with no worries. He just wanted to check me out. I can even hold and pet him and he's not afraid.
forddna
Member
Originally Posted by GrouperGenius
http:///forum/post/2576780
Well, I broke down and got a Sargassum today. What a good looking and personable fish so far. I'll post a pic when I get a chance.
So......pictures?????
http:///forum/post/2576780
Well, I broke down and got a Sargassum today. What a good looking and personable fish so far. I'll post a pic when I get a chance.
So......pictures?????
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nemo_66
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i have a niger without any problems. better keep him full tho, since it has ate some of my small mushrooms when i forgot to feed him.