Anyone attempting "risky" fish for their Reefs?
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Had a bluejaw trigger in my reef for quite awhile, till he got stupid and wandered into my gigantea anemone. 8O :x 
Also kept my wife's pineapple trigger in there for awhile (later) while I overhauled his tank. He ended up being in there for a month or so.
No probs with either.
Also kept a harlequin tusk in a reef, which is sometimes a toss-up as to reef-safe. AGain no probs.
Also kept my wife's pineapple trigger in there for awhile (later) while I overhauled his tank. He ended up being in there for a month or so.
No probs with either.
Also kept a harlequin tusk in a reef, which is sometimes a toss-up as to reef-safe. AGain no probs.
Currently trying a VERY risky Tinkeri butterfly. I expected some coral casualties so I guess I was prepared for the risk. So far he's nipped my plate coral, and occasionally at my SPS, but nothing very serious as of yet. As long as he's fed and happy, he's a pretty good citizen.
I have a male and female blue jaw trigger in my reef. No problems besides the male chases my cleaner shrimp around sometimes.
There is a thread over at Reef Central about large angles in reefs. Very interesting to see all the people with large angles in their reefs. Here is the link: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthrea ... did=137575
There is a thread over at Reef Central about large angles in reefs. Very interesting to see all the people with large angles in their reefs. Here is the link: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthrea ... did=137575
Wooo ! 8O Having kept the larger mouth puffers, I really don't even trust them not to eat the tank..... :lol:
However, I do keep a valentini with brain coral, plate coral, sps frags, mushrooms and cabbage coral, some snails and, believe it or not, a peppermint shrimp. He was with a clam for a bit, but I couldn't sleep so I moved it... :wink:
I have seen him eat colt coral polyps tho. I'd put in him in my main reef in a minute, however these puffers are very sweet and placid, and easily intimidated by big aggressive fish (my tangs would scare the crap out of him)
I think it's sometimes too easy to say it is "reef safe" when it may only be reef safe with what one individual happens to have at the moment.
However, I do keep a valentini with brain coral, plate coral, sps frags, mushrooms and cabbage coral, some snails and, believe it or not, a peppermint shrimp. He was with a clam for a bit, but I couldn't sleep so I moved it... :wink:
I have seen him eat colt coral polyps tho. I'd put in him in my main reef in a minute, however these puffers are very sweet and placid, and easily intimidated by big aggressive fish (my tangs would scare the crap out of him)
I think it's sometimes too easy to say it is "reef safe" when it may only be reef safe with what one individual happens to have at the moment.
Got an 8" crosshatch trigger about a month ago and he doesn't bother anything although he bit me once - ouch! I also have a harlequin tusk which initially ate most of my hermit crabs and snails, but now that he is used to prepared food, doesn't bother the cleaners any more. I have had a blue face and majestic angel in the past which started by eating all my aptasia (yeah), but then killed all my open brains (booh) I have a dwarf golden moray which won't allow me to have any shrimp in the tank (although they are also prime targets for the trigger and the tusk) I can catch peppermint shrimp locally and occasionally put 30 or 40 of them in the tank for a nutritional supplement for the fish.
My niger also eats Nori like it's going out of style - he learned about this watching my regal graze. Go figure. It's neat to see them change colors throughout the day from coal black to bluish and in between. Before I came to work today I watched him get scared and run from my neon goby so I would say he's reef safe or a sissy at least.
Hippo - The thought of someone putting a queen trigger into a reef is scary. I'm sure someones tried it but I doubt they'd fess up
Could you keep anything with a queen or undulated when they get larger? Are they worse than clowns as adults in terms of aggression?
Hippo - The thought of someone putting a queen trigger into a reef is scary. I'm sure someones tried it but I doubt they'd fess up
Could you keep anything with a queen or undulated when they get larger? Are they worse than clowns as adults in terms of aggression?
Yes, the neon hides / sleeps near the nori clip on the right side of the tank. Shadow, my niger, was headed that way and the goby shot out probably to check the regal out to see if he needed cleaning. The movement sent Shadow to the far side of the tank in a cave, after peeking out for 5 seconds he decided it was safe and came back over. He's just very skittish - I can almost hand feed him now but sudden movements still freak him out and he's always been on the bottom of the totem pole in terms of agression and the pecking order.
Heck my bicolor blenny bit my yesterday moving a frag when I got to close to his rock - better him than the trigger
Heck my bicolor blenny bit my yesterday moving a frag when I got to close to his rock - better him than the trigger
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