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09/14/2006, 09:17 AM
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"black trigger" reef safe?
Ive seen these and like them alot ... I dont know if they are reef safe though im not about to put in into my reef and hope. To my knowledge the reef safe triggers are.
Niger trigger - ( not really reef safe ) Blue jaw Sargassum Pink tail Crosshatch If there are more please feel free to post  thanks Brian
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09/14/2006, 10:14 AM
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if it's a black durgeon ..they get waaaaaay to large and very active. i had one and ended up donating it to the public aquarium.
it will also consume any fish it can fit it its mouth. |
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09/14/2006, 11:03 AM
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I think you can add a humu humu trigger to that list... though I am not 100% sure of that.
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09/14/2006, 12:03 PM
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I've always heard the huma huma triggers (same as picasso...I think?) are not reef safe. Believe me, if I thought they were I would buy one in a heartbeat. VERY cool fish, and relatively cheap.
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09/14/2006, 12:06 PM
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Picasso triggers are deffinately not reef safe.
thanks for the pointer on the trigger. so it looks like they are not reef safe. Brian
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09/14/2006, 01:41 PM
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I have a durgeon in my 125G reef. They are active and good eaters. They don't grow too fast, but they do get large.
I don't QT all fish, but I always QT these. They are easily stressed at first IME, but very social once established. Mine leaves the shrimp and snails alone. Coral too. I don't have too many small fish, but he hasn't gotten close to them. Personally, I would consider it as reef safe as a pinktail. |
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09/14/2006, 09:30 PM
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09/14/2006, 09:31 PM
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IME, black durgons are not quite as reef-safe reliably as pinktails, partially because they get a lot bigger.
Dave
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09/15/2006, 04:32 AM
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They get the same size roughly. I've seen both while diving and both get very big and are very active. Black durgeons wont eat coral - so in that regard they are reef safe. However a hungry trigger is always a potential threat to smaller fish. they are use to feeding throughout the day so you have to duplicate that in the tank or they will start munching on things they aren't suppose to!
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09/15/2006, 10:27 AM
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Quote:
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09/15/2006, 10:41 AM
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Mine have not grown half of an inch in a year, but Wolverine is right... even if you can keep them for a long time, you still have to figure out what to do with them when they eventually get large.
They also eat a lot of food which can be bad for a reef. Once they reach 8 inches, I imagine that they could be 2" thick and capable of eating several full size shrimp a day. |
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