TRIGGER & WRASSE SAFE CLEANUP CREW???

[jamie12158]

Im looking to get a Niger Trigger and Dragon Wrasse safe cleanup crew. Does anyone have any suggestions. Im headed to the LFS and have lost all faith in their opinions. PLEASE HELP

OR SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT I SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM??

 

[psuguy]

I am wondering the same thing. All of my snails were dead a week after I put them in the tank. I suspect the dragon wrasse and/or niger trigger. Any suggestions on what kind of CUC - if any - I can add?

 

[psuguy]

Anyone have any suggestions? I have lost all of my tronchus snails. Only CUC left is a large hermit. Not alot of algae but the sandbed needs some cleaning.

 

[mr llimpid]

Nothing, triggers a dragon will eat anything you add. The only thing you may try is a Astrina Star fish, they eat ditrus and algea, they may leave them alone. You don't buy them they are hitch hikers

 

[deejeff442]

its a fowlr or reef. imo there is nothing in between.

 

[tthemadd1]

Nigers eat inverts period. It's their nature. Reef safe fish or no reef animals.

 

[psuguy]

Ok. So it appears that because of my trigger and Dragon wrasse, I cannot use any inverts to clean my tank. Are there any fish that would do a good job of keeping the sand bed clean?

 

[tthemadd1]

Sand sifting gobey. Diamond etc. they can make a mess and you must make sure your rocks are well placed on the glass not the sand. Sand sifters will move sand around constantly

 

[zoidberg01]

What about a six line wrasse or gobies and maybe some tangs

 

[psuguy]

Thanks for the advice. I'll give them a try. BTW.. My hermit crab died a couple of days ago also, though I dont think it was from the fish. he was too big for them to bother.

 

[zoidberg01]

I recommend a diamond watch man goby because he is a sand sifting fish and a six line wrasse because he eats parasites from the sand and rocks

 

[zoidberg01]

if you don't know much about triggers and wrasses go to live aquaria.com

 

[zoidberg01]

You should also not have fish smaller than the wrasse or trigger they will attack them

 

[silverado61]

Here's a couple of questions nobody asked about your inverts: How long has your tank been up and running and what are your parameters? Oh, and number three, how big is your tank for a trigger?