is a red sea niger diff. than a niger?

[chrismilano]

I have a juvenile niger trigger. Its bluish. The LFS tells me that the reason its not black is because the black is a red sea niger and mine is a different species. Problem is that they're full of crap 90 percent of the time.
Anyone have the correct answer?
Thanks
chris

 

[ocellaris_keeper]

Don't believe everything you hear. You LPS may be right but niger's come in lightish blue, dark blue, deep purple blue and even look black. They are the same species.

 

[chrismilano]

Thanks. This is the same LFS that insisted that 40 watts is PLENTY of light for a 70 gallon reef tank. Then he got insulted that I wanted to buy a pc light on ---- for 220 when he had it for $480. Anyway....
(yes, theres a dude on ---- who makes pc light to rival jbj for $220 for 48inch 200 watts.

 

[dlight692001]

the red sea nigers, are more hardier and get their red teeth sooner and bigger and are more blue-ish then the indos