inverts safe w/ any triggers?

[Reefynewby]

I KEEP on reading about so called "reef safe" triggers, but i had a 4" niger and he destroyed a cleaner i got. I hear about bluethroats, crosshatch etc. And since a bluethroat isn't overly expensive, is it totally completely absolutely positively reef safe? Will he eat my cleaners and peppermint shrimps? I really want him and he seems real nice. All opinions appreciated.

 

[petoonia]

Reef safe and invert safe are two different things. Just because something is sold as reef safe does not mean it is invertebrate safe.

I would try posting in one of the fish forums to find out what triggers other people have had luck with.

 

[Johnsteph10]

Reef Safe:

Sargassum
Crosshatch
Blue throat
Pink Tail

are mostly "invert" safe but ONLY if the inverts are present first. If you add them after the fish...they will likely be food.

 

[MFULKERSIN]

My blue throat male and female are great ....they havent bothered any of the inverts!!....a fellow friend of ours had a niger and it wiped out their invert population!

The pink tail is going to be our next inhabitant...ill let you know

 

[Reefynewby]

thanks every1. Do you think that if i acclimate the inverts and then let them be in the sump for a little while, then release them into rocks in back of tank they'd be ok? Because tomorrow i'm goin to pick up a 2" blue throat for $25 from my lfs that i have on hold. Great deal, and i dunno if that would work or not. help appreciated.