Rhinecanthus triggers in reefs

[mattsilvester]

Hi all,

I know these guys will eat crabs and shrimps, but if well fed are they otherwise reefsafe? Namely, do they swim around aimless taking chunks out of rocks and corals?

Tank mates to be tangs or similar.

 

[StormShacer]

From my understanding, Blue throat and Pink tail are pretty much the only triggers that have been kept in reefs succesfully, there is no compleatly reef safe trigger but these guys are as close as you get. They still might eat shrimps

The pink tail requires a very large tank opposed to the blue throat

 

[humaguy]

Hi all,

I know these guys will eat crabs and shrimps, but if well fed are they otherwise reefsafe? Namely, do they swim around aimless taking chunks out of rocks and corals?

Tank mates to be tangs or similar.

Rhinecanthus are not reef safe...what they don't eat or try to eat they will flip over, carry around the tank, and generally just make a mess of things...

 

[mattsilvester]

Rhinecanthus are not reef safe...what they don't eat or try to eat they will flip over, carry around the tank, and generally just make a mess of things...

Thanks for the replies. This is what I thought..... unfortunately.

Yes - pinktails are a great fish. Had one recently in a reef - model citizen. But he died due to a long term power outage. Think I will get another.

 

[humaguy]

outrigger, crosshatch, niger, pinktail, kiri, sargassum. bt....technically, should work...
Tony Vargas wrote a terrific article on reef-safe trigs in Aquarium Mag- think Aug 2009 edition...

 

[Deinonych]

outrigger, crosshatch, niger, pinktail, kiri, sargassum. bt....technically, should work...
Tony Vargas wrote a terrific article on reef-safe trigs in Aquarium Mag- think Aug 2009 edition...

+1

Xanthichthys spp. triggers are the way to go for reef aquariums IMO.

 

[mattsilvester]

Crosshatch are beautiful - but oh, so, expensive!

 

[humaguy]

as are Outriggers...kiris up there but not as pricey..the others are all much less...