Clown trigger in a Reef tank??

camaro03 · #1 08/14/2005, 08:52 PM

I have a 180 G FOWLR I already have the clown trigger he is about 6-7 inches. I was thinking on converting it to an aggressive reef if possible. He is housed with several small damsels ranging from 3/4"- 1". He has not messed with them or my hermit crab. Has anyone every had one and kept it with corals?

I was thinking of trying a couple of small frags and see how he does with them to start.

Thanks for any and all input.

Mike

reef runt · #2 08/14/2005, 09:02 PM

All im going to say is it a swimming time bomb and HELL NO DONT PUT ONE IT A REEF!

Confooseld · #3 08/14/2005, 10:01 PM

It won't work in a reef, and like the guy above me said don't put it with other fish you want to keep. You might could do it in a 300+ with other big aggresives but a 180 is too small to for anything but a CT species tank.

dirtyreefer · #4 08/14/2005, 11:24 PM

bwahahahaha

Sorry but that's probably one of the worst fish you could house corals with

juice me man · #5 08/15/2005, 04:10 AM

trigger are not reef safe. what tank are you housing im in at the moment?

camaro03 · #6 08/15/2005, 09:07 AM

He is in a 180 gallon tank

Clown926 · #7 08/15/2005, 09:10 AM

i think the pink tail and blue throat are reef safe.

juice me man · #8 08/15/2005, 09:47 AM

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Originally posted by camaro03
He is in a 180 gallon tank

thats a good size for a clown trigger. keep it in there. have you got anyother tankmates with it?

VolitanLioness · #9 08/15/2005, 09:54 AM

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He is housed with several small damsels ranging from 3/4"- 1". He has not messed with them or my hermit crab.

He said the CT is housed with damsels in 180g tank, I say try some softies, just small frags like leathers or shrooms, But I would not try a Brain coral or zoos yet.

Kaye

ONEMANBAND · #10 08/15/2005, 10:02 AM

most softies are trigger safe, i have a bunch of softies in my aggressive tank with a 5 inch CT in it.

VolitanLioness · #11 08/15/2005, 10:06 AM

If you do try this Mike just glue your frags down to the larger rocks so the CT will not be able to move them under or behind the rocks.

Kaye

camaro03 · #12 08/15/2005, 12:04 PM

If i do try some frags what is the best way to introduce them so it does not look like i am putting food in. Should i put the corals in at night when he is sleeping???

VolitanLioness · #13 08/15/2005, 12:23 PM

That's what I would do ... introduce them at night, I add snails & hermits at night to my FOWLR. Let us know how this works out for you.

Kaye

camaro03 · #14 08/15/2005, 01:52 PM

Does anyone know how a CT would be with hard corals SPS? I seen some of you have kept them with soft corals but what about hard corals?

ONEMANBAND · #15 08/15/2005, 02:17 PM

I posted earlier that mine is fine with softies, mine will eat hammer and has had a green slimer meal if that helps any.

Wolverine · #16 08/20/2005, 11:48 AM

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Originally posted by camaro03
Does anyone know how a CT would be with hard corals SPS? I seen some of you have kept them with soft corals but what about hard corals?

He would likely be well-fed if kept with SPS.
IME, most people who have "success" keeping them with softies eventually come home to find their corals gone.

Dave