Trigger and Puffer reef safe?

[datman422]

Hi there fellow reefers. I havent been in for awhile. but I got a new question that I have encounter yet, Are all triggers reef safe? I am baby sitting 3 triggers and 5" Puffer for a friend and I may have to adopt them into my 150gal reef tank. Tank is 2 years mature and only contain 5 fish. tank is a mix reef with sps, lps and lots of zoos and ricordias. Two of the trigger is 3" and the other is 5". also, I am baby sitting a 5" puffer. are they reef safe too?

Fish currently in 150 mix reef.
Pare of clown,
a Sohal tang,
a six line wrasse
chromis

 

[narcist21]

There are two or three triggers that are generally considered reef safe so youââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ll have to expand on what type you have. Many people have tried to put both fish in a reef tank and itââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s been hit or miss with them. However if you have any inverts they're going to make a tasty snack for those fish.

 

[datman422]

Wow. ok I currenlty have 3 cleaner shrimps and a banded shrimp. Will the trigger harm them. the Trigger am babysitting is 5" black with a hint of blue/ purple, and the other two trigger are white with yellow, blue strips. the Puffer has spike all over him. How well do they do in reef tanks? thx

 

[narcist21]

Most triggers go after snails and shrimp. They need a way to grind down thier teeth. That puffer is probably a spiny box puffer and it too will go after inverts and slow moving fish.