Clown trigger, Porcupine puffer and Dragon Wrasse?

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  1. sean122

    sean122 Astrea Snail

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    can it be done?? i mean are they compatible?, currently i have a 100gal running an FX5 looking into getting a sump atm, 2 T5 54W one blue one white, 2 T8s 40W one blue one white, 1 koralia 4, V2 800 skimmer, 12KG of live rock, about the same in base rock, about 1inch-2inch live sandbed, as for stock i have 2 clown fish, a few diffrent damsels, a dragon wrasse(i no the problems with this), a mandarin goby, scooter blenny, bi color blenny, orange linkia star, sand sifter star, 1 blue leg hermit. 1 cleaner shrimp, 1 emerald crab, a flame angel, a long black spine urchin, one white spine urchin, a chalk goby as for corals i have some star polyps, 2 toadstools, some polyp rock and some green hairy mushrooms, what i really want to no is...

    can i have the fish mentioned in the title?
    what stuff would i have to take out of the tank?
    what can i keep in?
    what from the above can i place in my other 24gal?

    thanks in advance
    Seam
     
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  3. getinpora

    getinpora Coral Banded Shrimp

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    the clown trigger is a mean fish. it kinda like a Dr. jeckle. ok for awhile then want to kill its tank mates. but this is the observation of just one. you know how that is. my friend had to keep it by its self.
     
  4. morau89

    morau89 Fire Shrimp

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    The porcupine puffer will not do good in your tank because they will eat invertabrates and small fish and will pick at some corals. You don't want to mix peaceful fish with aggressive fish and it seems like all of the fish you have in that tank are peaceful. I am not sure about the trigger and dragon wrasse because I have not kept either of them so all I can help with is the puffer. The size of your current fish is important too. The smaller they are, the easier it is for them to fit into the puffers mouth. I think that the trigger, puffer, dragon wrasse, and flame angel would do well together. What kind of clownfish and how big?
     
  5. sean122

    sean122 Astrea Snail

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    thanks, i wanted to no what i could put into my other 24gal out of what i have already in order to keep them safe lol, from what ive read the dragon wrasse can be an aggressive fish and should be kept with similar fish like triggers, it was more the puffer i was worried about, i have already moved the emerald crab, hermit and one of the sand sifter stars into the 24gal already, i also into to move all the corals if they would fit and be ok?

    Sean
     
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    sean122 Astrea Snail

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    oh and the as for the clown not too sure there just a bog stanard common one??
     
  7. infamous

    infamous Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    This would probably be an experiment.

    You have a lot of mean fish lol
     
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  9. sean122

    sean122 Astrea Snail

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    looked at some clown triggers today £70! for tiny ones aswell, anyone no of some nice looking triggers that are maybe abit cheaper??

    sean
     
  10. hydrojeff

    hydrojeff Montipora Capricornis

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    the niger trigger is much cheaper here and i like the blues they have,super sweet..
     
  11. BillyD

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    I have a Humu trigger, i think they look good. but probably around the same price range.

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  12. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    get a blue jaw trigger. I have a pair in my reef tank and they leave the other fish and corals alone. Blue jaws are about one of the nicer triggers and one of the few reef safe ones. I want a clown trigger for my FOWLR tank but they turn mean. Same with a dragon wrasse I hear....if nothing else major bulldozers with the live rock.

    Not sure about the price of a blue jaw (be careful there is another blue line trigger..mean, mean, and mean) I got a great deal for the pair.

    With the trigger I would add it as your last fish I have lost a pair of bangaii cardinals though that I added witht he blue jaw and I guess they thought it was dinner as both were swallowed up whole! Though the one in the tank already was left alone...so I hear they should just be the last one added