Are these fish safe with corals?

[Meanmike]

niger trigger or any other trigger

Snowflake eel or wolf eel im not sure if I am going to get one or not

coral beauty

dog face puffer or a stars and stipes

domino damsel

and tomato clown i know its ok

the tank is a 180 and will have about 75g to 100g sump.Am I at my limit? If not are there any other fish you would suggest?

 

[TimothyJ]

Any angel (coral beauty) will be hit or miss. One day not touching the coral, the next picking away.

 

[sponger0]

Angels are always a gamble. Are you willing to throw the dice? Lol.

Eels take up alot of bioload.

Puffers, be wary if it does die it can make a mess of your tank and cause you to lose livestock.

Damsels and tomato clowns are reef safe but will show signs of aggression.

 

[DrSalty]

Just from a quick look at your list, I think a number of the fish wouldn't be considered "reef safe." Triggers and puffers aren't, though some people have had success by tailoring their coral selection to the fish. The coral beauty can be hit or miss (my dwarf angel has been great so far). Damsel is fine. Snowflake eel may eat some smaller inverts but is otherwise fine.

 

[Meanmike]

Just to be clear I'm not concerned with inverts as the only thing I plan on attempting is a cleaner shrimp.

 

[reeferstace]

Just to be clear I'm not concerned with inverts as the only thing I plan on attempting is a cleaner shrimp.

I am not sure I understand this statement. Cleaner shrimp are inverts as are coral.

 

[sponger0]

I am not sure I understand this statement. Cleaner shrimp are inverts as are coral.

Most people dont consider corals as inverts, but classify them as corals. I forget from time to time also.

 

[Meanmike]

Most people dont consider corals as inverts, but classify them as corals. I forget from time to time also.

That would be me

 

[sponger0]

That would be me

Me also from time to time lol

 

[Meanmike]

What about mushrooms polyps and anemones would anything besides the coral beauty bother them?

 

[rssjsb]

Puffers will eat mushrooms and most other corals, too.

 

[Maaka]

Puffers will also eat smaller fish sometimes especially if they are not kept full all the time.

 

[small alien]

What are you going for with this tank? Sounds more like a fowlr line up.

 

[Meanmike]

What are you going for with this tank? Sounds more like a fowlr line up.

That was my original plan but I've decided to consider adding a few corals. I guess I'm trying to see if I can keep any of these fish but it's beginning to look like a second tank might be needed in the future. What about the trigger?

 

[small alien]

I believe your cuc would be most at risk, snails and crabs and the like. I don't think triggers typically eat coral. Though as soon as I say that I do recall a picture of a queen trigger chewing down on some mounding sps. Apparently, I'm not sure. Someone will know.

 

[rssjsb]

I would encourage you to consider something other than the niger trigger. I've never kept one myself but have read enough accounts on here of people who had one that got extremely aggressive upon maturity and killed everything else in the tank with them. Blue jaws are, I think, less aggressive and more coral-safe. Crosshatches are also in this category but I think they need much bigger tanks.

 

[thelizardkin]

Most of those will be fine with most corals the angel is a hit and miss I've kept a few and never had an issue the Niger should be coral safe but you might have issue with aggression eels are 100% coral safe but can knock down rocks I'm not 100% sure about the puffer though

 

[Kahuna Tuna]

I would skip doing corals with triggers (except maybe a plankton eating species), puffers, and eels (or a gaint preditory pseudochromis -wolfeel), just too much bioload and waste production for your average coral to do well. Angels are always risky but if these are the fish you really want I would keep this tank as a FOWLR.

 

[chwimmers215]

what about flame angel??