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Old 06-06-2010, 07:58 AM
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That's strange... why would a modest size predator eat a little fish?

Sorry, couldn't help it. If its any consolation my 2' snowflake seems to have eaten the 3" yellow coris wrasse that co-existed with it for the past 4 months. I never saw it happen, the wrasse has just suddenly disappeared. But that wasn't as bad as watching my 6" volitan lionfish try to eat a 3" sailfin blenny. The thing only fit halfway into its mouth and then it spat it out.
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That sucks, but lesson learned.
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Brings back bad memories of when my Niger took a big chomp out of the dorsal area of my clownfish. I had to eventually euthanize the clown.....mistakenly thought that Niger triggers wouldn't attack similar sized tankmates.
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So much for that Trigger being peaceful. Amazingly enough, he doesn't bother anyone else.
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not as bad as when i first started reefing and bought a helfinger gobie(when i had more money than brains)-lasted 30 seconds-my male bird wrasse had a nice light snack
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Are the Niger Triggers (correct spelling this time, Christy!) notorious for devouring small fish? He is only about 4" long. Should I consider getting rid of him? It would be sad if I had to - he is one of my favourite fish!
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my niger trigger was fine around my neon gobies and my chromises-1 1/2 " long
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