Crosshatch trigger and cleaner shrimp. Or Neon Gobies. ??

[Delphinus]

Good to hear, thanks. It seems like the scales are slightly tipped in favour of trying although seems there is still some hit and miss. Someone eats snails in the cube tank although I can't tell if it's the eel or the trigger. Either are about as plausible.

Yeah I've had her since December 2009. Great fish, great personality. She lets me scratch her head. Although she's also nipped fingertips once or twice too. When I was reaching in a few weeks ago to pick up a clam to transfer over to the new tank, my other hand had just the fingertips poking through the surface and this must have looked like ..... food or something. Didn't draw blood or anything but surprised the heck out of me as I didn't even realize my other hand had breached the surface at all.

[GMGQ]

I got a pinktail trigger almost 2 weeks ago, and this past weekend I added a pair of cleaner shrimp.

Every night before I go to bed, and every morning when I wake up, I go to the tank with my flashlight to make sure both shrimp are still there :S

So far so good! <fingers crossed>

All my fish have been curious about the cleaners, and are constantly swimming around their cleaning cave. Especially the pinktail. But none have made an appointment for a cleaning -- yet.

I had a bluethroat trigger before with 2 cleaner shrimp and the bluethroat never bothered the shrimp either.

Just keep the trigger happily fed, so it wont eye the shrimp...

FYI, you also hear stories about triggers being model citizens, but then 'snapping' and eating inverts after a couple of years.