Triggers in a REEF are they..............

[JOSE CASAS]

........Safe. Was thinking about this and I could say I wouldnt chance but know some one has. Lmk what kind and how long has it been in the your reef. I know some can be kept but what about clown, huma huma and others of that sort.

 

[cthetoy]

Blue Throats and Crosshatches are known to be reef safe. I had a pair of Blue Throats and never bothered my corals. They do eat alot though

 

[therapy]

I have had crosshatch triggers in my reef tanks. Awesome fish, reef safe, but they get big!

 

[gumbii]

my buddy had a niger trigger in his tank... it started eating his firefish... so i put him with my triggers...

he had a blue jaw trigger... but they kept getting stuck in the rock work and dieing... they're idiots...

a sargassum (red tail) trigger is really mellow reef safe but he's somewhat expensive... age had a nice one for 110 or something...

the most baller reef safe is a crosshatch... tom at carson had some nice ones for really cheap... i think 250 or so... they were nice...

 

[ca161406]

ive pulled off a humu for almost a year now and had 0 problems with it. the only thing it does is move frags around on the frag rack and spit sand, which gets blown off by the power heads anyway.

 

[Aquafrags]

I have a small blue face trigger, awesome fish

 

[JOSE CASAS]

Blue Throats and Crosshatches are known to be reef safe. I had a pair of Blue Throats and never bothered my corals. They do eat allot though

Yea I have heard people have success with these but what about the ones with the bigger mouths lol.

 

[JOSE CASAS]

I have had crosshatch triggers in my reef tanks. Awesome fish, reef safe, but they get big!

Did you have shrimp? Where they ok with them?

 

[JOSE CASAS]

Blue Throats and Crosshatches are known to be reef safe. I had a pair of Blue Throats and never bothered my corals. They do eat alot though

What is alot?

 

[JOSE CASAS]

my buddy had a niger trigger in his tank... it started eating his firefish... so i put him with my triggers...

he had a blue jaw trigger... but they kept getting stuck in the rock work and dieing... they're idiots...

a sargassum (red tail) trigger is really mellow reef safe but he's somewhat expensive... age had a nice one for 110 or something...

the most baller reef safe is a crosshatch... tom at carson had some nice ones for really cheap... i think 250 or so... they were nice...

Yea gumbii I have heard that they could bother or kill smaller fish.


How long ago did he have them?

 

[JOSE CASAS]

ive pulled off a humu for almost a year now and had 0 problems with it. the only thing it does is move frags around on the frag rack and spit sand, which gets blown off by the power heads anyway.

You have? Do you have a pix of him? What corals do you have in your tank?

 

[gumbii]

Yea gumbii I have heard that they could bother or kill smaller fish.


How long ago did he have them?

what happened is that he starved the tank trying to get a tang with a trap... so he went for the smallest fish... he had him in the for2 months or so...

none of they triggers harmed the cleaner shrimp...

a large blue jaw a very pretty fish... but a sargassum is more reef friendly...

 

[Zegg]

pleanty of people keep redtail triggers in reefs as well without any problems

 

[rob408]

I had a pair of cross hatch in my old tank...they never messed with any of my corals...only thinig, like someone said, is that they get pretty big...

 

[bullitr]

I had a clown , niger and blue jaw in my tank never bother any corals
If only I can keep them alive

 

[wickedfish]

Seriously contemplating a piar of cross hatch triggs. Do they eat smaller weaker fish?

 

[gumbii]

totally depends on the fish itself...

 

[reef girl]

I have a blue jaw trigger for over 6 months now and have never had a problem with shrimp coral or clams, but like other say they eat like pigs and get big fast but really pretty fish one of my fav.

 

[higgy2010]

Mine doesn't bother the corals. He usually swims near the top and follows me whenever I'm near the tank. At night, he fits snugly into a nook and sleeps.

 

[BeanMachine]

I have a blue jaw trigger for over 6 months now and have never had a problem with shrimp coral or clams, but like other say they eat like pigs and get big fast but really pretty fish one of my fav.

yeah I got rid of my Niger Trigger for that reason... man it was a pig and would not wait for me to let the food go before nibbling my fingers. Nice personality though. Just an absolute glutton.

It didn't bother any shrimp, craps, snails, or corals though in my experience.