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10/15/2016, 09:31 AM | #1 |
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Triggers in Reef Systems
A little back ground, I work in a Fish Store and have had tanks for years most of them are nanos. I am getting ready to set up a 75 and deciding what fish to put in there. Has anyone had any luck keeping triggers in tanks with corals, i have a theory that if you get them small and keep them well fed they wont mess with coral or any other fish i put in there. I also realize that i will have to rehome them as they out grow my tank. Again not an issue since i work at a store. Just thought i would get some people thoughts on this. Thanks.
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10/15/2016, 09:41 AM | #2 |
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Have kept a blue throats without any problems. Have mainly lps with a couple of softies.
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10/15/2016, 03:44 PM | #3 |
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The best triggerfish for the reef aquarium belong to the genera Melichthys, Odonus, and Xanthichthys. Of those three genera, the latter is the very best for the reef aquarium—this includes the bluechin (X. auromarginatus), the crosshatch (X. mento), and the sargassum triggerfish (X. ringens). The niger triggerfish (Odonus niger) is more likely to hunt down motile invertebrates and may occasionally eat sessile invertebrates like sponges. The triggers in the genus Melichthys—including the Indian (M. indicus), black (M. niger), and pinktail triggerfish (M. vidua)¬—feed heavily on floating algae and thus usually behave well with sessile invertebrates. While those species usually do well with corals, they may occasionally decide to dispatch a crustacean here or there, especially if the latter are introduced after the trigger is already in the tank.
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You're going to see a decline in your invert population, but honestly, for a trigger, it's worth it How big is your tank? I wouldn't put a trigger in anything less than a 125, and that's really only for a Bluejaw (Xanthichthys Auromarginatus). Anything else you'll need a 180+ Edit: Whoops, just saw you have a 75. I highly highly recommend not putting a trigger in there.
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Thanks. Did have to look up the spelling on some of the named though. You can keep a trigger in a 75 if it's the only fish in the tank. I kept a clown in a 75 for yeArs. But it wasn't a reef tank Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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10/15/2016, 08:32 PM | #6 |
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niger triggers
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10/16/2016, 06:22 PM | #8 |
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Aside from just wanting to keep a trigger fish (which I completely understand), is there any advantage to keeping one in reef tank? Do they perform any useful functions (like eradicating pests, etc.)?
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