questions about niger trigger

[camillo]

hey ive been offered to buy a niger trigger from a friend, its only about 5cm big but its a really good price, im just wondering if itd be a good idea gettin it wen the other fish in my tank are goin to be a pair of clowns, six line wrasse fire goby and a shrimp goby. i got a pic for u all to see.

 

[nereef]

how big is the tank it is going into? what inverts are in the tank? can i ask what the price is, since niger triggers are fairly inexpensive anyway? nice lookin' fish and tank by the way.

 

[startrfish]

you should be fine....luckily the niger trigger is least aggressive trigger wise.

 

[camillo]

the tank is only 24g i know its small for a trigger that can grow fairly big but ill find a better home for it once it starts getting too big, im paying 20 australian dollars for it and they usually go for about 46-50 dollars

 

[camillo]

i got no inverts at the moment i dont even have fish my tank has jus finished cycling but what inverts could i have with it in the tank?

 

[nereef]

not many motile inverts will be able to be kept with a trigger long term. that trigger will be much too large for that tank long term also.

 

[casey75]

do niger triggers eat clean up crews? I have a Picasso that flipped all my snails over and ate them in one swoop.

 

[vezina345]

I have both a Niger and Picasso trigger in one of my tanks and if you put any inverts in with them don't get attached to the inverts. Mine are fairly well behave and have great personalities but even a "nonaggressive" trigger is still a tough fish.
I say if you are planning on upgrading your tank to accomidate a large trigger go for it! They are very entertaining to have and relatively easy to keep.

 

[brstwv]

what about a niger and picaso w/2 lions and a porc. puff. and zebra eel?

 

[nereef]

Originally Posted by brstwv
what about a niger and picaso w/2 lions and a porc. puff. and zebra eel?
i wouldn't mix those specific triggers with lions. the same goes for the puffer.

 

[brucewrs]

I have a Niger with a porc puffer and snow flake eel and they get along...