| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
Weberlaxplayer 
Guest
Joined: February 02 2012
Location: N. ogden
Status: Offline
Points: 259
|
 Post Options
 Thanks(0)
 Quote  Reply
 Topic: Reef safe???
Posted: May 04 2012 at 5:03pm |
Ok so i am setting up my girlfriends tank, and she doenst want the reef like i do... Although she wants 2 clowns and an anemone... Thats for sure....
What she is questioning is
Valentini Puffer
Picasso Trigger
Racoon Butterfly.
I know that those guys arent suitable for the reef aquarium.. My main question is will it nip at an anenome?
Thanks
|
 |
Adam Blundell
Presidency
Joined: June 24 2002
Location: Davis County
Status: Offline
Points: 18526
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: May 04 2012 at 5:36pm |
I'd be happy to try all of those fish in my tank. I wouldn't be worried.
Adam
|
|
Come to a meeting, they’re fun!
|
|
Mark Peterson
Paid Member
Joined: June 19 2002
Location: Murray
Status: Offline
Points: 21436
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: May 04 2012 at 5:44pm |
|
Anemone will be fine.
One thing I'd worry about is that the Trigger loves Shrimp. Peppermint Shrimp are invaluable for eating Aiptasia.
The Trigger and the Puffer can sometimes be trained to stay away from hermits and snails. See the Fish Training tip in the Reefkeeping Tips below.
Snails are extremely important to controlling algae in a reef tank.
|
Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks:www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
|
|
twolow4law1
Guest
Joined: March 27 2012
Location: layton
Status: Offline
Points: 1346
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: May 05 2012 at 10:18am |
i have a niger triger and a valintini puffer in my reef tank, i have over 25 fish and about 20 differnt inverts, 3 anemone's, and over 25 difrent corals in a 65 gal and all do great. my shrimp include 3 peperment shrimp, 3 fire shrimp, 2 cleaner shrimp, 2 pistle shrimp, 1 coral bandit shrimp, 2 emarled crabs, horseshoe crab, 100 hermit crabs and about 25 snails.
|
|
60 gal rimless , 40 gal rimless
120 gal reef
HOOKED ON SALT WATER 801-682-0477
|
|
wickedsnowman
Guest
Joined: April 09 2010
Location: Ogden
Status: Offline
Points: 865
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: May 05 2012 at 10:33am |
 twolow4law1 wrote:
i have a niger triger and a valintini puffer in my reef tank, i have over 25 fish and about 20 differnt inverts, 3 anemone's, and over 25 difrent corals in a 65 gal and all do great. my shrimp include 3 peperment shrimp, 3 fire shrimp, 2 cleaner shrimp, 2 pistle shrimp, 1 coral bandit shrimp, 2 emarled crabs, horseshoe crab, 100 hermit crabs and about 25 snails. |
Man I am normally not one to say anything about to many fish but 25 fish in a 65g? That is just crazy! If I told u I had 25 dogs in a one bedroom apartment what would u think?
|
|
twolow4law1
Guest
Joined: March 27 2012
Location: layton
Status: Offline
Points: 1346
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: May 05 2012 at 3:12pm |
ya i have been told by every im crazy but it works! not 100% i have had some not getting along, and i have lost only about 10 fish, i had a sting ray untill my flame angle keep picking on it and i think my aneomione stung it, but ya i need a bigger tank would like a 110- 150 so i can get more fish.
|
|
60 gal rimless , 40 gal rimless
120 gal reef
HOOKED ON SALT WATER 801-682-0477
|
|
Davidwillis
Guest
Joined: July 30 2005
Location: Weston Id
Status: Offline
Points: 605
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: May 05 2012 at 3:57pm |
Mark Peterson wrote:
Anemone will be fine.
One thing I'd worry about is that the Trigger loves Shrimp. Peppermint Shrimp are invaluable for eating Aiptasia.
The Trigger and the Puffer can sometimes be trained to stay away from hermits and snails. See the Fish Training tip in the Reefkeeping Tips below.
Snails are extremely important to controlling algae in a reef tank.
|
I don't have any snails or hermit crabs in my tank, and have no algae problems.
|
|
BillyC
Guest
Joined: June 17 2011
Location: Clearfield
Status: Offline
Points: 1829
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: May 06 2012 at 1:54am |
twolow4law1 wrote:
i have a niger triger and a valintini puffer in my reef tank, i have over 25 fish and about 20 differnt inverts, 3 anemone's, and over 25 difrent corals in a 65 gal and all do great. my shrimp include 3 peperment shrimp, 3 fire shrimp, 2 cleaner shrimp, 2 pistle shrimp, 1 coral bandit shrimp, 2 emarled crabs, horseshoe crab, 100 hermit crabs and about 25 snails. |
twolow4law1 wrote:
ya i have been told by every im crazy but it works! not 100% i have had some not getting along, and i have lost only about 10 fish, i had a sting ray untill my flame angle keep picking on it and i think my aneomione stung it, but ya i need a bigger tank would like a 110- 150 so i can get more fish. |
I've seen a lot of tanks that "break the rules" man but this crosses the line into animal cruelty. I almost never call anyone out on bad saltwater practices but seriously I think someone needs to let you know that what you're doing is abusing innocent animals. You say you have "only" lost about ten fish?! Only ten?!?! C'mon man leave these poor fish alone.
|
|
