Trigger Trouble

Hey everyone!!

I was looking for your guys input on a question. I have a 5.5 inch Pink-Tail Triggerfish and was looking to get some cleaner shrimp for my reef tank. I know that triggers generally eat everything and will have a go at just about anything, but i know that fish actually let cleaner shrimp clean them and inside there mouthes but do not eat them (Groupers, Cods etc)

Do you think it is too much of a risk to take to add some of these to my tank?

Thanks all!!

Breed

 

hi, in the books i have (a pocketexpert guide) they say that PinkTail Triggerfish is one of the few triggers that can be kept in a reef. it will usualy ignore sessile inverts but larger specimens may eat ornamental shrimps. Since yours is only 5.5 inch i would try it, but with the biggest cleaner you could get!

 

You may have success with that, but it is easier if the Trigger were added after the shrimp.

 

IMO Trigger + shrimp =

lunch!

 

+1 You simply cannot dictate a fish's behavior in captivity compared to their behavior in the wild. Just because a shrimp is a cleaner, doesn't mean that fish won't eat it. I learned this the hard way with hawkfish, dottybacks and cardinal fish who decimated over $500 in shrimp in my tanks through the years.

 

Yer fair call... sad... o well...

Thanks for your input everyone!!