Fine Dining Recipe for a Niger Trigger

[monocus]

not as bad as when i first started reefing and bought a helfinger gobie(when i had more money than brains)-lasted 30 seconds-my male bird wrasse had a nice light snack

[Norstar]

Are the Niger Triggers (correct spelling this time, Christy!) notorious for devouring small fish? He is only about 4" long. Should I consider getting rid of him? It would be sad if I had to - he is one of my favourite fish!

[monocus]

my niger trigger was fine around my neon gobies and my chromises-1 1/2 " long

[AHHope]

i think everyone with predators has a story simmilar to this
mine involves a 5 inch tobacco basselet going missing and a banded cat shark with a fat belly

[ReeferMush]

I can agree with that, had a damsel in with and peacock mantis and a spearer mantis and the damsel lasted months until one day ....

[untamed]

I think it is pretty common that a new introduction (fish, shrimp) gets attacked/eaten within minutes of entering the tank. Something about their confusion...they are new/interesting...they don't know where to hide or how to behave...makes them subject to attack.

Once successfully introduced into the tank, they can often last quite a while.

[kien]

yup, been there, done that.. oops! Yet another reason why I like to add fish late at night after everyone has already gone to bed, or at least really tired and groggy.