niger trigger reef safe?
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SALT WATER CRAZ
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no a niger trigger is not reef safe
reefer334
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I have one in a reef now,He is only about 3 inches,he has been in there for about 4 months,this is my second one in a reef situation and I have been lucky with both.He does not bother anything ,and I have all the usual inverts and hard and soft corals.When he gets bigger I am sure that could change.If you are only going to keep it in your reef for a while then move it into a large fish only system later go for it.I would not keep one long term although I am going to try,but I am prepared to move it into one of my fish only systems.Just my opinion, Goodluck
SNAKEMANVET
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I had one for about 7 months and it never bothered corals or inverts.Just depends on the fish.
Blunight77
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Ive had my niger in the reef for about a year now. The only thing he has eaten was 2 engineer gobies when I first got him. Not one bit of trouble since..The only thing that could have made a difference was he was a baby when I got him.
mine is a baby being grown out in a softie reef. he hasn't bothered anything in the tank, except for some posturing with the blue spotted rabbitfish (also juv) and green wolf eel blenny. but they all three do that... and it's really cute and no one has gotten hurt.
but ultimately, I am willing to sacrifice corals for fish. the fish are pets, the coral is aquascaping.
but ultimately, I am willing to sacrifice corals for fish. the fish are pets, the coral is aquascaping.
This one is definitely NOT reef safe and in the end they all become like this!
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docjones
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I personally think it is a matter of what you consider "reef safe". I think this term is used to broadly, and often times doesn't really fit the fish. I have researched this fish a lot and had a lot of help from reefer334 (thanks again bro) and have decided to add him to my reef tank. It seems to me that they really don't eat coral that much, but tend to eat the inverts that keep a normal reef tank clean. So with careful consideration in invert selection and the foresight to know what you are getting into I think they can be safely kept in a reef tank. I will say from my short experience that a key thing is to have your corals glued to the rock very securely to ensure they don't knock them over since they are very big and active swimmers. Just my two cents.
WaterbugJenn
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Yikes..... Not when you have spent a couple thousand on buying and caring for dozen of corals, like me.
IMO I have not known "Niger Triggers" to bother corals. Other Triggers may, the Niger will however eat all of your crabs, snails, and inverts. That being said mine is housed with a CBS shrimp, 4 emerald crabs, and astrea snails. Has not bothered them at all, he did eat all of my stomatellas. So you never know you may get on that is invert safe but that is very unlikely. And when they get larger they will definately eat ALL crustaceans.
They are also on the unpalatable side - leathers, zoos, mushrooms, a few LPS. Nothing to impress a serious reefer. I spend my money on the fish, not the corals.
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