name some aggresive fish that won't eat a snail cleanup crew besides eels and rays

[puffrbware]

name some aggresive fish that won't eat a snail cleanup crew besides eels and rays.

 

[liontamer]

Groupers, lions, Hamlets....sorpionfish...

 

[puffrbware]

any PUFFERS OR TRIGGERS?

 

[moto757]

damsels, hey you asked and all the good ones are taken

 

[zemuro114]

none of my puffers or triggers ever ate snails, or hermits...

 

[liontamer]

Then u were very lucky cuz they are designed to eat snails and hermits, hence the sharp/hard/pointy beaks, lol.

 

[zonut]

any of the thumper mantis shrimp would be fine.

 

[zemuro114]

some triggers are "designed" to eat only phytoplankton. name one kind, crosshatch, which many people keep in reefs. All depends on the species.. And yes i was lucky with my puffers!! I dont know why they didn't try to eat any snails.. hmm

 

[fmarini]

zemuro- its not phytoplankton, its just plain "plankton" (phytoplanktons are plants)
a few trigger species are considered planktonic feeding and are identified up their upturned mouths. Nigers, blue cheeks, pinktailed, crosshatch, sargassum as the ones most often associated w/ this. these guys tend to be more predictable and somewhat reefsafe, and will frequently leave your hermits and snails alone.
Any trigger that has a forward facing mouth(like a huma or clown trigger) can pretty much munch on anything.
A w/ all triggers each one has its own personality and one persons mellow trigger will be another persons nightmare

 

[lions n nd]

my lion picks on my clean up crews all the time
he'll try to eat anything