New tank Community or Aggressive

[wnnareef]

Im askin advice on which way to tank my 1 month old 55gal setup, at present i have 2 small damsels(survived cycle), a small niger trigger and a spiny urchin i know the trigger already limits me but i want to go semi-reef, i already have about 10 lbs of live rock but any input on which direction i could tank my livestock, i want the color of tangs, angels and butterflys but with the trigger am i already commited to semi or fully agreesive? like an eel or lions. Could i still get corals and inverts with these aggresive fish, i am very new to saltwater so any input would be helpfull.....thanks

 

[drewsta]

How big is your tank? You might be able to pull off mushrooms/zoos with a trigger but i'm not to sure I don't know that much about triggers.. I know you can't have shrimp becuase they will be food

 

[mikeyjer]

I won't trust that trigger with corals!!! And yes your limited to what you can have in that 55, can't have too much. Trigger would be fine with a tang, but you will need to upgrade in the near future. If you want to keep the trigger, I suggest doing species only tank. :happyfish

 

[120reefer]

ah the niger is one of the least aggresive and honestly wouldn't touch the zoos, and probably not even a lot of the corals, but the inverts are breakfast. I totally agree with Mike too, your probably at about the min. size tank i would try a trigger in, even a small niger, and way too small for any sort of tang, IMO

 

[wnnareef]

ttt

 

[mikeyjer]

Niger isn't as aggressive, yes! But it depends on you to trust the fish or not with your corals and live stock. Each individual fish is different just like people. For an example, a Yellow Tang is considered reef safe, but I have heard many bad stories about how they ate their Zoos and other corals. While some fish may do something like this, it doesn't mean all of'em will. I had a Niger once, very calm fish and very shy, rarely to be seen. It just died one day for no apparent reason while the other fish is just fine. Very nice fish I do have to say. It never bothered my Hermit Crabs either. I then replaced it with a Humu Humu Trigger, very shy as well and didn't last, died within 3 days cause he wouldn't eat. Everything else was fine, I got another one the following week and had it ever since. It was the BEST trigger I've ever own, very friendly. Gets along with my Yellow Tang better then the previous two triggers. It eats like a pig, unlike the previous one. The Yellow Tang and the Humu Humu sleeps together at times, feed together and swim together. It's quite cute!!! I've had'em together for over 7 months now. The Humu Humu doesn't bother my hermit either, but he will nip at the fake coral within the tank and have taken chunks off of it, I would NOT trust this trigger with corals. She comes to the front of the tank to say hi every morning and everytime when I feed or walk into the room. We named her "Dolly". We're upgrading her tank sometime soon, it would be just her and a Heniochus Butterfly. The Yellow Tang is moving into our new 90g Bowfront reef tank. :happyfish

 

[wnnareef]

thanks for the input guys, please keep it comin im wide open to any input, does everything think that zoos would be ok?