Niger Trigger, in a reef tank?

[hecks220]

I have one in my fowlr. thinking about putting an auto feeder in there because he is always hungry, and don't want him to go on a homicidal rampage. he didn't touch the cleaner shrimp at first before i removed it, and hasn't touched the snails. he did however want to kill the big hermit i placed in there as a test last night. i need crabs for the cleanup crew, so i'm still thinking what type would suffice. the problem is when they are accustomed to a tank, whatever you add new after that is viewed as an offering!

[Trigger Man]

For triggers I think it is on a case by case situation, I've had a Clown and Picaso along with a Crosshatch live in harmony with my coral and shrimp, crabs and snails in the past. But currently when my tank got wiped out and I started up again and tried to add the same things I had in the prior one, it seemed that all my fish wanted to kill everyone else in the tank. Currently I have a Crosshatch and for the longest time I had a Picaso (which I removed thinking it was picking on some of my fish, which later I found out it was another fish that was the culprit) in my reef tank and they do not harm my coral, shrimps, crabs or snails. When adding new items to my tank I give all my fish a good feeding that night and then add the newbies in about an hour after the tank lights have gone off.

[MikeP]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I might be a little worried about the nassarius snails cause they aren't very big, but they only really venture out of the sand at feeding time and at night so they might be okay. I'll keep my eye out for a small niger trigger around town.

[fishytime]

We have/had 1 about 2 1/2" at the shop. Not sure if Kev sold it this week or not.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

They get very, very big too. Another thing to remember.

[hecks220]

Yeah, got my juvenille niger in a 46 g, then in a year or so we'll upgrade for sure!

[MikeP]

I was planning on buying a juvenile and he would go into my 190g. He would be fine in there. If he did get to big I would have to part with him (or get a bigger tank ).

Thanks for all the replies

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by MikeP

I was planning on buying a juvenile and he would go into my 190g. He would be fine in there. If he did get to big I would have to part with him (or get a bigger tank ).

Thanks for all the replies

Probably would be fine for a long time in your 190G...they grow very slow. My brothers has reached about 16" now and is very active so needs a lot of space. I think its taken about 5 years though to hit the 16" mark.

[Fishfanatic]

I had a male blue throat in my reef tank he was very docile towards everything and much nicer then a niger. But Get a male the female are kinda bland