questions for 210 fowlr

[espkh9]

we have a 210 in the office and it is a fowlr it has about almost 300 lb's of LR full of purple coraline algae. here are the fish in it.
1-Huma Huma (small)
2-Golden heart Triggerfish (medium)
3-Niger triggerfish (red tooth) medium
4-Black Foxface (small)
5-Crosshatch Triggerfish medium
6-Large LMB
7-powder blue tang small
8-yellow tang medium
9-copperband buterfly small
these fish are nice healthy and colorful but contrary to my home aquarium (125 reef ) the only colors in this tank are the fish and the rock..my question is what can I add to this tank that these fish wont eat or destrory that is live like can we put in any colorful corals ? or any sponges ? or anything with vibrant nice colors that these fish wont eat up. I was thinking blue green and purple acros..we run MH and have a very strong flow, and wet dry and 55 gallon sump with a skimmer for a 300 gallon tank.
they are well fed.
thanks
we were also thinking of getting a blue lined triggerfish or a hawaiin black triggerfish we are more towards the blue line will both work and will a small blue line fit in ?

 

[espkh9]

bump.

 

[peter1215]

I have a 210 fowlr also and i added some mushrooms and a few hardy corals and theyre doing fine . I have a couple of triggers(niger, blue throat), queen, emperor and flame angel, naso tangs . I've never had the other triggers you mention but but i immediately see a problem with butterfly. Butterflys will feast on most corals. thats why i had to remove a falculas b/f. it immediatelt started to pick on the corals. I even added a critter crew(crabs & snails) but i eventually removed the niger and put him in a separate tank .

 

[espkh9]

I read in fenners book triggerfish will most likely eat songes so they are out...as far as corals what are my options if I remove the copperband butterfly ? what corals can i get that the above stock list will leave alone again they are well fed. I'm looking for vibrant colors like neon green or pink a nice red blue yellow...somrhting live to brighten up the tank,all you trigger keepers that have fowlr.. ? what else do you have in your tanks ?

 

[srfisher17]

IMO, removing the CB is a good idea anyhow. You have a lot of great fish; but CBs usually don't do well (long-term) with aggressive fish. They do better in a quiet setting and stress-out very easily. Also, getting enough food to them may be a problem; they're picky and like to take their time eating, triggers won't let them do that. Many of your more aggressive fish have a lot of growing to do and won't play so nice with the CB for long, IMO.

 

[espkh9]

the CB died last night was very sad, it was the fisr fish I lost in a very long time...
I ordered a blue line triggerfish but it arrived dead...it was 1 inch at $80 I couldn't belive how expensive and small it was...anywayst hey had a guarentee and I got a refund..but it was sad to see 2 dead fish the same day....

 

[stdreb27]

Let it go like that, once those fish mature they will be spectacular fish, especially that crosshatch, and the humma humma, you should think about getting a dogface, those are great fish too.

 

[espkh9]

its hard to lose a fish at least hard for me.