Trigger/Puffer/Coral Compatability

[CuttleKid]

I have a 93 gallon marine land cube with
-1 fuzzy dwarf lionfish
-1 zebra dwarf lion fish
-1 Tiny Picasso Triggerfish
-1 Dogface Puffer
-1 Zebra Eel

I am done with stocking the tank fish wise. I love my fish only tank but I really want to get back into keeping corals. I don't want to keep any fancy expensive LPS corals nor do I want to keep any nutrient quality finicky SPS corals. I was thinking of keeping mostly mushrooms, sun corals (tubastrea sp.) and possibly some dendrophyllias (dendros) and very unlikely but still a candidate, rhizos. What I would like to know what the picassso trigger and the dogface puffer would do? What makes them not reef safe compared to other fish? The only thing I can think of ( and granted I'm still a newbie) is the trigger and the puffer picking up and playing (carrying) the corals. If this is the case I was going to glue them to the rock anyways.

What do you guys think?


Thank you

 

[CuttleKid]

No one knows?

 

[Recty]

Those type of fish are inquisitive and get "bored" in a fish tank. They will sample the taste of a coral and even rock over and over and over again, even if they arent eating it they have the potential to eventually kill a coral just from chomping on it too much.

Nothing says they will kill all your corals, but they have the potential to very easily.

FYI, I think why most puffers and triggers are labeled as not being reef safe is because they wreak havoc on your shrimp/crab/snails, not so much your corals.

 

[CuttleKid]

Thank you