Reef Safe Triggers

[justlookin]

What about the triggers that insist on trying to move every thing in the tank. In my experence coral dosent like to be moved on a regular basis. Or being burried under small rocks that the trigger wants to relocate. Not the best choice for a reef fish but a clown trigger would look cool in a reef tank!

[Casey]

Well I can tell you a clown trigger is not,mine munched on an orange Monti cap that was about 12" and was 6" by the time I caught him.

[robsmith32]

Originally Posted by brifirst

I recently put in a 2 1/2 " BlueThroat into my 120. He has been in about 1 month and still is a bit scared of me. Everyday he comes closer and closer. I sware this is a really intelligent fish. Have hade NO trouble yet. But I like fish better than snails and hermits anyway.
Him and the yellow Tang seem to go side to side looking to scrap once in a while. Seems the Trig. is the one that backs off.
This Trigg actually makes eye contact with me. Cool Fish

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Yeah mine in QT is almost 8", he's always looking at me to see if i'm watching, then he'll do something like stand on his head, or flip upside down, tilt sideways, or something.

And seeing what this guy did to a small clam from the farmer's market.. I'd say NO it is NOT reefsafe. forget the mantle, it busted the shell, granted it wasn't a tridacna, but i don't think i'll offer him the temptation.
And kind of worries me when he sometimes hits the glass of the tank. Especially seeing how he did the clamshell. Thankfully it was one i put in for his benefit, because they need it to keep their teeth from being troublesome to them.
Really cool fish though.

[smeese]

niger triggers rock

[pactrop]

I have to put my money on Crosshatch triggers. I catch them pretty often and they feed more up in the open water. The blue throat is a close second but they still tend to be looking in the reefs for food.

I sell them all the time to guys with reef tanks. check out this pair. I shipped him last week. just go to the link and press video.

http://reef.ourlinksys.com:1024

[Casey]

Sweet video thanks.

[King-Kong]

Also check out Sargassum triggers. Very beautiful.

Had one in my reef tank for about 3 months before he mysteriously died (only fish I've had die without jumping or being bullied to death).

Only thing he bothered was my xenia; he didnt eat it, however. He just would bite a hand off and spit it out.

[chefcle]

I have a Medium sized Huma Huma Trigger aka Picasso Triggerfish in my reef tank right now. I am Worried that it will nip at my corals but it has not for a good 2 months. I wanted to know if anyone else has had luck with this fish growing up in a reef tank?

[PhilOlsen]

Most people say that the Huma will eat almost all corals, mine does not touch any, feather dusters, polyps, mushrooms and georgians. It has eaten a couple crabs, but does not make a habit of it. Although I am sure most disagree, I say the Huma is a great reef trigger and looks awesome as well.

[Geoff]

Welcome to TRT, chefcle!!!!



you, so far, have the exception to the rule. i would not recommend putting a huma in a reef tank to anybody unless they have a way to get them out in a hurry when they decide to start taste testing everything. glad it is working for you, and keep us posted on how well it does.

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[kalel1976]

I had a pair of Crosshatch Triggers and they were "reefsafe" in the sense that they did not eat corals but that doesn't mean that I would recommend them for reef tanks because Triggers in general are very active fish thus they require a large amount of food to keep them healthy. They could both easily eat an entire sheet of Nori in about 2 minutes. This in return adds a rather large nutrient load so anyone who also wants to keep a sps dominated tank will struggle keeping water quality at optimal levels.
My pair were also very curious fish and they investigated things with their mouths so anytime I would add a new fish they would nip fins and and get real excited leading to unwanted stress on the new additions.

[Geoff]

Welcome to TRT, kalel1976!!



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[chudly]

If you go to reefvideos.com there is a video on there where one of the guys explain he searched allover for a reefsafe trigger and found one. He was calling it a Saragosa trigger. My spelling may be off so i apologize. I believe it is the very last video in the series.

Goodluck

[kalel1976]

Thanks Go

Here are pics of the pair of Crosshatch Triggers that I had.
I found that the Blue Throats are the easiest to get in smaller sizes whereas the others in this family tend to come in on the larger side so if size is an issue I would recommend the blue throats.

[Geoff]

kalel1976- are crosshatch triggers sexually dichromatic? or is the tail fin colour difference just a colour variant. my fish book does not list them as being sexually dichromatic, but then again when was any book 100% accurate. it also does not show the differences between the blue throats either.

those are beautifull fish!!

i just lost my male blue throat to internal parasites. i was just to late in diagnosing the problem and getting the meds to it. i hate when a fish dies and it was prolly my fault for not figuring it out sooner.

G~