Sargassum Trigger Appetite :)

[thebigblue]

How often should I feed my tank with these six fish? I'm currently feeding once a day. Frozen mysis or Rod's Reef Nano blend.

**I'm feeding a small cube about 1/2 size of the packaged cubes.

The Sargassum eats like a pig, but everyone else eats too. The food is totally gone in probably one minute.

Should I consider target feeding the trigger something meaty daily?


I've got a 93g cube with six fish, LR and soft corals. 2" sand bed. Protein skimmer in sump. All levels are good, tank has been up for 5 months and doing great

5" Sargassum (Red Tail) Trigger
3" Golden Angel
3" meleagris Leopard Wrasse
1.5" Yellow Coris Wrasse
1.5" Tailspot Blenny
1" Yellow Rose Antenna Goby w/ Candy Striped Pistol Shrimp

 

[Dmorty217]

If the fish are healthy there is no reason to change anything. The trigger will eat as many times as you feed

 

[Jasanden]

Yes the trigger will eat until your out of food. I would drop a piece of table shrimp in one corner of my tank and feed the rest of the tank in the opposite corner just to give everyone else a head start.
Your gonna have to watch that trigger in a tank that size he could snap and kill half your occupants. Sargassums are one of the most peaceful triggers out there but in a tank that size it's still a trigger and won't be happy for long

 

[Bill Nye]

Doesn't seem like much food for all of those fish. I feed at least 2 cubes a day in my tank.

 

[JasonD]

So would a sargassum trigger become trouble in my 120 gallon reef?

 

[thebigblue]

I've had mine now for a little over 3 months. He's a model citizen, doesn't bother anybody even though he's much bigger than them all.

He's always hungry and gets a little rambunctious at feeding time. He'll stick half his body out of the water when the food is offered.

A very cool fish with a TON of personality.

 

[JasonD]

What size tank do you have him in and how big is your trigger?

 

[thebigblue]

It's a 93g cube.

He's about 5". The biggest fish in the tank by far.

He's prbly too big for my cube tank, but he's fat and (I think) happy.

If I could get him out I'd consider giving him away or trading him in.

BUT...if you have a bigger tank, and you like triggers, I think they make a great choice!!