Will a triggerfish eat snails?

[Hypertek99]

Does anyone know??

 

[Rivers]

yes, most species will

 

[kurbs]

yep - most are reef safe with caution.

 

[Poseidon]

Es Car got? (I have no idea how to spell that...)

I used to keep an Odonus Niger in my tank, he would much on an occasional astraea snail, especially if they were flipped upside down.

 

[JGoslee]

Yeah they will eat snails. Triggers like to grab snails by the shell and just swim around the tank with the snail in its mouth. Triggers are relentless with snails and hermits.

 

[Dihydrogen Monoxide]

It highly depends on the trigger species, as well as the order that the animals are added with certain species.

Whach'ya got planned?

 

[fly guy]

my niger likes to play with them. Never seen him actually hurt one though. I dont imagine they enjoy being his toy though

 

[talon4x4]

I've never seen my niger kill any snails or hermits. And same as fly guy, he does like to move them around. He also like to move the substrate around quite a bit. I think he's worse than an engineer goby. For some reason he likes to put the substrate on my GSP patch. Every morning I find it covered.

 

[ss7]

i had a niger that was a model tankmate.. bold when feeding but otherwise never touched any inverts.

 

[laskopyre]

I used to have a 8" Pinktail, and a 7" Niger. I fed those 2 very well, so they left the inverts alone. It really depends on the type of trigger you have, and it's personality (no 2 are alike). Also, it depends on how well you feed them. If not enough, they will eat the inverts.

 

[kateater]

had a Niger that did very well as a juvenile.
adults are a different story.
your not planning on putting one in a 30g tank are you?

 

[Hypertek99]

had a Niger that did very well as a juvenile.
adults are a different story.
your not planning on putting one in a 30g tank are you?

Haha too late he's in the 30breeder now.



































Just kidding I'm not that retarded. I don't even like triggers. A friend asked and i wasn't sure if they ate snails or not.

 

[kateater]

ha ha you almost got me. sorry but wasnt trying to be the fish police. should have seen 8 years experience.

 

[reef-nut]

I had a clown trigger for 5 years and he was about 7 inches. He would eat anything you put in there. Crabs, snails, urchins, and fish. He would even eat rock. Most any trigger will eat snails.