niger trigger + reef safe?

[zoanthid2009]

Ive read that niger triggers are reef safe, is this actually true? will it eat my corals?

 

[jgsensor]

I have had one for several months in a mixed reef with no problems. Cool fish, very active.

 

[zoanthid2009]

great! thanks

 

[loup]

niger are coral safe, but reef safe is a hit and miss. They'll most likely go after your shrimp and small fish as they get bigger.

 

[Wolverine]

I'd say they're hit and miss for both corals and other fish and inverts. Any one individual is extremely hard to predict.

Dave

 

[Triggerfish]

2nd what Dave said and for all Triggers in general.

 

[thor32766]

great fish, but i would watch out for inverts, but have seen them around coral quite often and have been great around them.

 

[FishyLover]

thor32766- You have a black tang?? How hard was that to get your hands on?

 

[FishyLover]

My niger eats shrimp..... but I've never tried him in my reef.

 

[3.99AfterTaxes]

I'd say low risk when they're small (<4") and high risk any bigger than that.

 

[nsiegel5]

Mine was fine in my reef for about 6 months then he got to about 5-6" size and ate oh about $400 worth of zoos so I would never do it again

 

[thor32766]

hey fishylover, my favorite LFS store here in orlando got him for me.they had him in the store for about 5 weeks and then I just had to have him. I knew he was healthy so he wasnt a hugh risk.

 

[GlobaLPimP]

I have a 75gl with a 5" Niger - no problems so far - Got the trigger about a year ago. However, I would take him out if I could catch him without ripping apart the reef. Trust me when I say I have tried all types of trapping methods

 

[hgbarwick]

My old niger killed every shrimp I put in my 90 gallon.

 

[Wolverine]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8005831#post8005831 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hgbarwick
My old niger killed every shrimp I put in my 90 gallon.

For that to have a chance of working, the shrimp has to already be well established before the niger is added. And feeding the niger krill or ghost shrimp will make the chances of success plummet.

Dave