might sound stupid but...

[Redhaloangel]

but could i put a niger trigger fish in a 75g, 4 foot wide bowfront tank with these other tank inhabitants:

2 pearl eye clarkii's
1 purple tang
1 flame angel
1 cleaner wrasse
3 bubble tip anemones
1 lta

and could i have mushrooms and zoanthids in the tank with the niger trigger?? so far that is al i have in there that were on the rock when i got it.. i havnt added any corals.. and could i add corals with a niger trigger??

sorry if this is a obvious stupid question if it is big fat NO! but... i saw one at my lfs and they said it would be fine.... that i can add alot more into my 75 gallon.. but i thought i would ask here first before i get a niger trigger and all goes to H3LL...???

 

[DustyReefer]

I wouldn't do it. 75 might be good for a juv niger, but he'll outgrow it quick. Also in a smaller tank it would probably be more aggressive. Not to mention your purple probably would'nt take too kindly to him. If you ended up getting a bigger tank, and wanted a trigger I'd look into the blue throats first anyways. Much more peaceful and reef safe in my opinion. Just have to remember, the LFS is just trying to make a living. I remember when I first got into this hobby I bought a niger being told they are peaceful and reef safe. Me not knowing ANYTHING at the time aside from what they were telling me went ahead and bought the fish (for a 55 which they also said was fine). Trigger was in there for all of 10 minutes before he killed a lemonpeel angel and started chasing my clown around trying to kill him. Then it was back to the LFS with him

 

[Redhaloangel]

yeah, its weird cause i just asked same question to my lfs.. and i trust them as well because they are more hobbiest then a store almost.. but he said a niger trigger would be just fine... so i dunno.. lol ill hold off for now for sure! i dont think i will be upgrading my tank. 75 gal is the biggest i will be going to for now anyways in my modular home.. lol otherwise i would have to reenforce my floors and i dont want to do that.. and my 75 gallon tank is really nice looking..

so any type of trigger would be ok??

 

[DustyReefer]

No not every type of trigger is suitable for a reef tank unfortunately. IMO only the species in the Xanthichthys genus are suitable for reefs. They are a primarily planktivorous genus in the wild, and are generally more shy initially in the home aquarium. But they tend to get quite large too(10+ inches), so it's probably best to leave them out of your tank till you upgrade someday. They just wont be happy otherwise. They're beautiful fish just need lots of room to swim.

 

[humaguy]

Nigers, for the most part, are indeed reef safe...
Tony Vargas wrote an excellent article for Aquarium Mag in 2010, I think, about it.
Pinktails are good too and those mentioned above...
Having said that...I never trust a trigger, lol...

But, I would not add a trig to such a small tank...also, with your flame and purple tang being the swimmers they are- not a good mix....the cleaner wrasse would probably be picked off by any trig at some point...

 

[Redhaloangel]

ok.. normally my lfs is quite good and well tell me stright up if i should or shouldnt.. they will still sell to me if i still want a "shouldnt" but they normally tell me and are good about that type of stuff so its so weird that both lfs here said it would be fine but here i am getting the answer i should be getting at the lfs.. i wont be getting a trigger.. thankyou for your imput on this.. this is why i like this site.. what other fish would you recomend then in my 75 gallon with these fish that i allready have?? i am doing some fish shopping today.. or looking to see whats there.. and i would like to add another fish.. my 75 gallon still looks bare.. its actutally bigger than you think.. lol (well it looks like it to me... lol