Niger triggerfish ate clown

midnightmadman · 04/28/2017, 09:10 AM

So ****ed
I heard the recognizable clicking sound and ran over to the tank to find my Niger chewing the Clarkii clown alive

Tripod1404 · 04/28/2017, 09:11 AM

Yeah triggers are carnivores

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64Ivy · 04/28/2017, 09:26 AM

Yep. Had a 'reef safe' Crosshatch devour my Chromis once. Right in front of me. That was several years ago. Haven't kept a trigger of any kind since.

WatDatThing · 04/28/2017, 09:55 AM

OMG.....sad.....because I love clowns. Deep fried trigger for dinner.....jk.

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midnightmadman · 04/28/2017, 10:32 AM

I know he likes to eat smaller fish but I was surprised he went for the clarkii..

jstack · 04/28/2017, 01:10 PM

So You want a cookie?mixing predators has this effect

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MMacro · 04/28/2017, 01:13 PM

Yup.
Sounds like a very hungry trigger....
How often/what do you feed?

kevin.st · 04/28/2017, 01:17 PM

A while back, I had purchased 3 carberri anthias from a local fish store. These were the most beautiful, fully quarantined and healthy specimens I had ever seen. They were also kind of expensive.

I was so excited to drop them into my tank. Upon the drop-in, my big Hawaiian black trigger quickly swims over and takes 2 or 3 huge mouthfulls out of one of them. I could not believe what I was seeing. I never saw that anthias again.

It's sad and I was ****ed, but all I could do was stand there and laugh.

midnightmadman · 04/28/2017, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MMacro

Yup.
Sounds like a very hungry trigger....
How often/what do you feed?

Every day. Sometimes every other. Freeze dried shrimp. Pellets, flakes, seaweed. sometimes frozen scallops..

MMacro · 04/28/2017, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by midnightmadman

Every day. Sometimes every other. Freeze dried shrimp. Pellets, flakes, seaweed. sometimes frozen scallops..

Once a day/once every other day is not sufficient to keep a trigger happy in the long run. Personally, I would feed 2x - 3x a day with frozen food.
Underfeeding will lead to aggression and eating tank mates.

WatDatThing · 04/28/2017, 01:39 PM

I would think a fish that is big enough to eat a clown fish need to be fed more than once a day.

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midnightmadman · 04/28/2017, 02:05 PM

He's not tremendous.. maybe 6" he bit the clown into pieces

MMacro · 04/28/2017, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by midnightmadman

He's not tremendous.. maybe 6" he bit the clown into pieces

Even a small trigger needs to eat more than once a day.

Tripod1404 · 04/28/2017, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by midnightmadman

He's not tremendous.. maybe 6" he bit the clown into pieces

Well max adult size is 12". And this value is for the largest individual ever recorded. So average adult size is probably around 8" to 10". 6" is no way a small fish, that is probably a young adult.

midnightmadman · 04/29/2017, 05:17 AM

I've Had him 3 years
The guy before me for 2 I think

04/28/2017, 09:10 AM	#1
midnightmadman Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 223	Niger triggerfish ate clown So ****ed I heard the recognizable clicking sound and ran over to the tank to find my Niger chewing the Clarkii clown alive

04/28/2017, 09:26 AM	#3
64Ivy B'rer Reefer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greenwich, CT Posts: 3,194	Yep. Had a 'reef safe' Crosshatch devour my Chromis once. Right in front of me. That was several years ago. Haven't kept a trigger of any kind since. __________________ Be Kind To The Elderly. Life Without Parole Means Nothing To Us. ToTM 3-03 Current Tank Info: Between tanks. Searching for a home

04/28/2017, 01:13 PM	#7
MMacro Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,442	Yup. Sounds like a very hungry trigger.... How often/what do you feed? __________________ 155 Mixed Reef (48x31x24)

04/28/2017, 09:11 AM	#2
Tripod1404 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,821	Yeah triggers are carnivores Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

04/28/2017, 09:55 AM	#4
WatDatThing Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 830	OMG.....sad.....because I love clowns. Deep fried trigger for dinner.....jk. Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

04/28/2017, 10:32 AM	#5
midnightmadman Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 223	I know he likes to eat smaller fish but I was surprised he went for the clarkii..

04/28/2017, 01:10 PM	#6
jstack Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: abq,nm Posts: 290	So You want a cookie?mixing predators has this effect Sent from my HTCD200LVW using Tapatalk

04/28/2017, 01:17 PM	#8
kevin.st Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: SLC, UT Posts: 151	A while back, I had purchased 3 carberri anthias from a local fish store. These were the most beautiful, fully quarantined and healthy specimens I had ever seen. They were also kind of expensive. I was so excited to drop them into my tank. Upon the drop-in, my big Hawaiian black trigger quickly swims over and takes 2 or 3 huge mouthfulls out of one of them. I could not believe what I was seeing. I never saw that anthias again. It's sad and I was ****ed, but all I could do was stand there and laugh.

04/28/2017, 01:39 PM	#11
WatDatThing Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 830	I would think a fish that is big enough to eat a clown fish need to be fed more than once a day. Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

04/28/2017, 02:05 PM	#12
midnightmadman Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 223	He's not tremendous.. maybe 6" he bit the clown into pieces

04/29/2017, 05:17 AM	#15
midnightmadman Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 223	I've Had him 3 years The guy before me for 2 I think