Hi guys, I recently been reading about this bluethroat trigger. Its really nice and I really like it. It appears to be the only somewhat reef safe trigger according to many. But how reef safe is it exactly? Will it eat corals? (I heard they go after the CUC)
Bluethroat Trigger Question
- Thread starter Jkedra
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- Long Island, New York
I have had Bluethroats, Crosshatches, Niger, and Sargasams in my reef tank. The only problems I had were with the Niger and The Bluethroat. The Niger was just getting aggressive towards other tankmates and the Bluethroat was picking up frags and shot putting them....lol. With that being said In my experience with these triggers I have never had any that eat corals. I do feel that this is a fish that is a hit or miss regarding the aggresion. However, the ones I listed above are the least aggressive of the Family.
Thank you. So this might sound like a dumb question, but would the size of the coral matter?? Would it nip at only small newly cut frags? I really wanna know if I should get one cause one of my good friends on the upper west side wants to give me one for free, because he doesnt want it anymore. I actually went there one day and that is one beautiful fish.
Well currently I have a chromi, a pair of clowns, a sleeperhead goby, cleaner wrasse, and a yellow tang (very small 1.5-2 inches).....I told my friend and he told me that the yellow tang might get aggressive to it because of territory.
My tank is 55 gallon, and the bluethroat is about 2.5-3 inches
My tank is 55 gallon, and the bluethroat is about 2.5-3 inches
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- Location
- Long Island, New York
+1 and Also when I said he was shot puttong frags I failed to say that they were close to his home so he probably felt they were in his way....lol
- Location
- Long Island, New York
What size tank do you have and what other inhabitants are in it ?
chromi, a pair of clowns, a sleeperhead goby, cleaner wrasse, and a yellow tang (very small 1.5-2 inches)...and some hermit crabs
- Location
- Long Island, New York
How big is your tank ?
- Location
- Long Island, New York
I dont like recomending fish that will outgrow your tank. Yes at the moment this fish will be fine at that size but it will outgrow your tank. And yellow tangs get quite large as well and will outgrow your tank also.
- Location
- Long Island, New York
There are no gaurantees my freind buddy but it is a very strong bet that they will not nip at your corals....:spin:
Didn't you also have a Hippo tang?
Gave it away...it wasnt sick or anything it just didnt cooperate with anyone in the tank for some reason. Maybe in a while I'll get another one
WTF...sounds like the Mafia runs your tank...you don't cooperate...you're GONE!
:tank:
Glad you don't have hippo, any more...they will end up having a problem with triggers, get stressed and come down with ICK....you would have lost the whole tank!
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