Niger Trigger????

tktodd · 04/10/2007, 10:35 AM

Just wondering if they can be kept with inverts in a FOWLR tank?? Mainly a coral banded shrimp, chocolate chip star, and a pink tip anemone. I read a few places that they will eat all inverts. Is this true? Anyone that has one, your feedback would be great!!

rustybucket145 · 04/10/2007, 10:56 AM

I wouldn't say all. Mine hasn't touched any hermits or snails. I've had him since christmas so no long term experience yet. I don't have any shrimp b/c my falco hawkfish ate them all

prior to adding the trigger. Overall though he is a very peaceful fish that doesn't really bother anything.... but he does love to eat... and eat... and eat... he's really a pig!!!

chacha · 04/10/2007, 11:23 AM

Be carfule with Triggers all together...they can be very nasty especially when they are in the tank prior to other fish.

StephanieB · 04/10/2007, 12:11 PM

i have a huma-hama triger that is pretty good size, and he is the biggest baby ever and doesnt hurt anyone. in fact, my yellow tang that was put in the tank a couple months after, beats him up! the only thing he has EVER nipped at was one of my dispar anthias when i first put them in...he bit his tail off but it grew back. other than that, i have never had a problem with him, and i have crabs and starfish and smaller fish too! just feed him plenty. i think the niger trigger is one of the less aggressive triggers.

markzfishn1 · 04/10/2007, 12:35 PM

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StephanieB

Every fish has a personality of its own. I keep triggers in my FOWLER. All of them are very mean and will even bite me when I work in the tank, and they're pretty small. Some people get lucky with Nigers tho. I'd try a few cheap inverts with it like snails and hermits before I try anything more expensive. Mine will kill anything I put in the tank, but he may be a victim of peer pressure from the humu and clown triggers.

tktodd · 04/10/2007, 02:03 PM

Thanks alot for the feedback everyone!!

chacha · 04/10/2007, 02:07 PM

Seriously I watched my clown trigger (cool fish by the way) eat an urchin, yes an urchin in about 10 mins. flat. It was a big urchin too!!!

04/10/2007, 10:35 AM	#1
tktodd Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 216	Niger Trigger???? Just wondering if they can be kept with inverts in a FOWLR tank?? Mainly a coral banded shrimp, chocolate chip star, and a pink tip anemone. I read a few places that they will eat all inverts. Is this true? Anyone that has one, your feedback would be great!!

04/10/2007, 10:56 AM	#2
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	I wouldn't say all. Mine hasn't touched any hermits or snails. I've had him since christmas so no long term experience yet. I don't have any shrimp b/c my falco hawkfish ate them all prior to adding the trigger. Overall though he is a very peaceful fish that doesn't really bother anything.... but he does love to eat... and eat... and eat... he's really a pig!!! __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

04/10/2007, 11:23 AM	#3
chacha Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 50	Be carfule with Triggers all together...they can be very nasty especially when they are in the tank prior to other fish. __________________ 75g Reef; 30g Fuge/Sump 2-150W HQI 14K;2-96W Actinic (Main) 1-96W 50/50 (Fuge) Current Tank Info: 75g reef; 30g Refugium

04/10/2007, 12:11 PM	#4
StephanieB Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bloomington-Normal, and Bolingbrook Posts: 1	i have a huma-hama triger that is pretty good size, and he is the biggest baby ever and doesnt hurt anyone. in fact, my yellow tang that was put in the tank a couple months after, beats him up! the only thing he has EVER nipped at was one of my dispar anthias when i first put them in...he bit his tail off but it grew back. other than that, i have never had a problem with him, and i have crabs and starfish and smaller fish too! just feed him plenty. i think the niger trigger is one of the less aggressive triggers. __________________ Stephanie B Current Tank Info: 55 gal, live rock, HumaHuma trigger, yellow tang, diamond back (the orange spotted dude) blennie, 3 Dispar anthias, green Chromis, Nemo Clown, 2 blue damsels, 1 yellowtail blue damsel, 1 striped damsel, sand sifting star, chocolate chip star, crabs

04/10/2007, 12:35 PM	#5
markzfishn1 Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Charleston SC Posts: 468	*To Reef Central* StephanieB Every fish has a personality of its own. I keep triggers in my FOWLER. All of them are very mean and will even bite me when I work in the tank, and they're pretty small. Some people get lucky with Nigers tho. I'd try a few cheap inverts with it like snails and hermits before I try anything more expensive. Mine will kill anything I put in the tank, but he may be a victim of peer pressure from the humu and clown triggers. __________________ Mark Current Tank Info: 75g saltwater FOWLR aggressive/triggers, 54g corner lionfish

04/10/2007, 02:03 PM	#6
tktodd Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 216	Thanks alot for the feedback everyone!!

04/10/2007, 02:07 PM	#7
chacha Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 50	Seriously I watched my clown trigger (cool fish by the way) eat an urchin, yes an urchin in about 10 mins. flat. It was a big urchin too!!! __________________ 75g Reef; 30g Fuge/Sump 2-150W HQI 14K;2-96W Actinic (Main) 1-96W 50/50 (Fuge) Current Tank Info: 75g reef; 30g Refugium