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zoanthid2009
08/15/2006, 06:50 PM
Ive read that niger triggers are reef safe, is this actually true? will it eat my corals?
jgsensor
08/15/2006, 10:58 PM
I have had one for several months in a mixed reef with no problems. Cool fish, very active.
zoanthid2009
08/16/2006, 12:10 AM
great! thanks
loup
08/16/2006, 08:40 AM
niger are coral safe, but reef safe is a hit and miss. They'll most likely go after your shrimp and small fish as they get bigger.
Wolverine
08/22/2006, 11:52 AM
I'd say they're hit and miss for both corals and other fish and inverts. Any one individual is extremely hard to predict.

Dave
Triggerfish
08/22/2006, 12:32 PM
2nd what Dave said and for all Triggers in general.
thor32766
08/22/2006, 07:35 PM
great fish, but i would watch out for inverts, but have seen them around coral quite often and have been great around them.
FishyLover
08/23/2006, 03:04 PM
thor32766- You have a black tang?? How hard was that to get your hands on?
FishyLover
08/23/2006, 03:04 PM
My niger eats shrimp..... but I've never tried him in my reef.
3.99AfterTaxes
08/24/2006, 12:00 AM
I'd say low risk when they're small (<4") and high risk any bigger than that.
nsiegel5
08/24/2006, 11:06 AM
Mine was fine in my reef for about 6 months then he got to about 5-6" size and ate oh about $400 worth of zoos so I would never do it again
thor32766
08/24/2006, 02:40 PM
hey fishylover, my favorite LFS store here in orlando got him for me.they had him in the store for about 5 weeks and then I just had to have him. I knew he was healthy so he wasnt a hugh risk.
GlobaLPimP
08/24/2006, 02:41 PM
I have a 75gl with a 5" Niger - no problems so far - Got the trigger about a year ago. However, I would take him out if I could catch him without ripping apart the reef. Trust me when I say I have tried all types of trapping methods;)
hgbarwick
08/24/2006, 03:40 PM
My old niger killed every shrimp I put in my 90 gallon.
Wolverine
08/25/2006, 05:59 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8005831#post8005831 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hgbarwick
My old niger killed every shrimp I put in my 90 gallon.

For that to have a chance of working, the shrimp has to already be well established before the niger is added. And feeding the niger krill or ghost shrimp will make the chances of success plummet.

Dave