Humu Humu Reef Safe?

[rcreations]

That's ok, not a problem. I decided to hold off on getting any new fish until I setup the 150gal. Then I'll have more options available to me. Better than getting a fish now that I won't want later and since I'd really like to have a Humu Humu and a Niger, I'll just wait.

 

[emeralcrab]

I have a humu humu in my 150 and started adding some mushrooms and polyps SLOWLY to see what would happen. I now have, mushrooms, polyps, frogspawn, torch, grape coral, ric's, BTA, montipora, green polpys and others. The only thing I have had eaten on was a glove polyp rock, but my tangs were munching on them also. Pulled them out and put them in my 55g. They haven't touched anything, just the glove polyps, I have blue starflake polyps that they haven't bothered either. I started adding these about 6 months or so ago.
Not saying that this is the norm, but this has been my experience with a humu humu with corals.
As for clams I would say no, I buy Roy (the humu humu) fresh clams at the market once in a while and he goes NUTS for them. So does my tangs and porc. puffer.

 

[srfisher17]

You don't hear about fresh clam very often; its a great fresh food. More than once, I've gotten a finicky new fish to eat by tossing a whole, opened clam in the tank. I had a moorish idol, years ago, that I was ready to give up on...wouldnt touch anything, they're known to perish like this. He jumped on the clam and I had him for about 10 years.

 

[kjr_trig]

Originally Posted by srfisher17
http:///forum/post/2572863
You don't hear about fresh clam very often; its a great fresh food. More than once, I've gotten a finicky new fish to eat by tossing a whole, opened clam in the tank. I had a moorish idol, years ago, that I was ready to give up on...wouldnt touch anything, they're known to perish like this. He jumped on the clam and I had him for about 10 years.
Moorish Idol for 10 years!!!

 

[socal57che]

Originally Posted by RCreations
http:///forum/post/2570786
The reason I asked is because I woke up this morning and didn't see my hooded fairy wrasse and he's always up before the lights even come on. Then I went to look in his sleeping space and he wasn't there. So immediately I look behind the tank and there he was on the floor. Must have jumped out during the night. This makes it the 3rd time he jumped out, the first 2 I was there and put him back in. Now I know what they mean when they say these guys jump.
Egg crate from lowes or home depot will keep your "carpet surfer" in the tank.

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/2572219
seldom so grouchy

your a softy never grouchy, if he wants to see grouchy he should read my posts
I can vouch for that

Originally Posted by RCreations
http:///forum/post/2572390
That's ok, not a problem. I decided to hold off on getting any new fish until I setup the 150gal. Then I'll have more options available to me. Better than getting a fish now that I won't want later and since I'd really like to have a Humu Humu and a Niger, I'll just wait.
Good idea

 

[srfisher17]

Originally Posted by kjr_trig
http:///forum/post/2572971
Moorish Idol for 10 years!!!

Just got the right fish & right advice at the right time. I remember reading in one of Paletta's books that once an Idol settles in (that's the hard part); they'll eat about anything and live a long life. From what I hear now, I don't think I'll get another.

 

[dexter335i]

for what its worth, i have a blue jaw, a niger, and a juvi humu humu, in my reef tank. the blue jaw and niger are extremely docile and i have never seen them nip at a coral or invert.
my humu humu on the other hand does nibble on some of my rock on occasion, its because his teeth grow so fast he has to dull them down. better on my rock than on my corals though. so IMO blue jaw and niger are no problem in your tank. if you are willing to put a little effort in you can get a small humu also. and so you know this humu story isn't a fluke my roomate also put a juvi humu in his reef tank the same day i did. and his is more peaceful than mine by a large margin.

 

[rcreations]

I've been doing more research on this subject. I asked some questions on WetWeb and the general agreement is that if one wants to take a chance with a Trigger in a reef tank, the Niger and any other (up mouth) triggers are the safest bet. This is because Up Mouth triggers usually feed from the water column and not so much off rocks and subtrate.