Trigger fish
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reefer171 - Posts: 52
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Trigger fish
Which trigger fish would be reef safe and/or invert safe?
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kate_kuhli - Posts: 268
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Re: Trigger fish
Niger triggers should be reef safe. I wouldn't try them with inverts though, apparently they will munch on them.
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xxluckxx - Posts: 53
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Re: Trigger fish
Are there really reef safe triggerfish? I thought they were like the worse for reef tanks - or am I confusing them with another fish?
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kate_kuhli - Posts: 268
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Re: Trigger fish
xxluckxx wrote:Are there really reef safe triggerfish? I thought they were like the worse for reef tanks - or am I confusing them with another fish?
Yes, the triggerfish from a few different genera - Melichthys, Odonus, and Xanthichthys - are typically better behaved with corals (and in some cases, inverts) because of different behaviors and diets than other generas of triggerfish, I think.
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saratang - Posts: 43
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Re: Trigger fish
Look up the crosshatch and the bluechin 
From memory they're both reef safe.
From memory they're both reef safe.