coral keeper
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All triggers are not safe if under fed. If you keep your trigger fat and feed very often, they wont touch a thing.
Reef Safe Triggers
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lietz06
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Originally Posted by Coral Keeper
http:///forum/post/3148680
All triggers are not safe if under fed. If you keep your trigger fat and feed very often, they wont touch a thing.
how many times a day do you have to feed them? once in the morning & once at night?
http:///forum/post/3148680
All triggers are not safe if under fed. If you keep your trigger fat and feed very often, they wont touch a thing.
how many times a day do you have to feed them? once in the morning & once at night?
sminker
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Originally Posted by lietz06
http:///forum/post/3149076
how many times a day do you have to feed them? once in the morning & once at night?
there is no set time frame or amount, just feed like normal
http:///forum/post/3149076
how many times a day do you have to feed them? once in the morning & once at night?
there is no set time frame or amount, just feed like normal
coral keeper
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Originally Posted by lietz06
http:///forum/post/3149076
how many times a day do you have to feed them? once in the morning & once at night?
I feed mine 3-4 times a day.
http:///forum/post/3149076
how many times a day do you have to feed them? once in the morning & once at night?
I feed mine 3-4 times a day.
globaldesigns
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really no trigger is considered "reef safe" it is all by trial and error. Some people get luck with niger's, my opinion I wouldn't really try it but if your heart is set on a trigger (because they are beautiful fish). They say and I have friends that have blue throat triggers in there reef with great success. Maybe look into those. Just my .02
In regards to the Blue Throat, it is classified as "With Caution" in regards to reef's, so if you wanted to try one, this probably be the one to try... But again, remember its "With Caution"
In my case, my Blue Throat Trigger has never nipped at any coral.
In regards to the Blue Throat, it is classified as "With Caution" in regards to reef's, so if you wanted to try one, this probably be the one to try... But again, remember its "With Caution"
In my case, my Blue Throat Trigger has never nipped at any coral.
small triggers
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the only truly reef safe trigger i know is the crosshatch, that is excluding MOST inverts, they still LOVE shrimp but as far as corals i have never heard of one nipping. I have a niger, he would nip stony corals so i wouldnt try it with him (he chews on my rocks) I had a blue jaw i would have trusted with the best of any sps and lps...but my anemone killed him so we'll never know
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eric b 125
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triggers of the Xanthichthys family are said to be the best bet as far as reef-safe triggers. Odonus Niger and Melichthys niger both feed mainly on zooplankton so they are also good candidates for a reef tank
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eric b 125
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Originally Posted by sminker
http:///forum/post/3147861
im not sure where you heard this but thats a false statement.
you can tell a reef safe trigger from a non-reef safe by the location of their mouth. reef safe are pointed up and non-reef safe are pointed straight out.
i read abou this in a Coral magazine. the triggers with upward-facing mouths are plankton eaters.
http:///forum/post/3147861
im not sure where you heard this but thats a false statement.
you can tell a reef safe trigger from a non-reef safe by the location of their mouth. reef safe are pointed up and non-reef safe are pointed straight out.
i read abou this in a Coral magazine. the triggers with upward-facing mouths are plankton eaters.