Would a Bursa Triggerfish be good in a 40 Gallon temporary?

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Hey guys, now before I ask this, I know triggerfish ae aggressive and reef safe and now for some reason I am addicted to triggerfish. I just have a couple questions. First- Would a triggerfish be able to go in a 40 Gallon (with other aggressive such as a Maroon clown and some three striped damsels.) temporarily? I know they swim alot but I will have the right rockwork and maybe after a couple years I do want to switch him. I know they are strong against ich and I picked the Bursa because I know they only need 70 Gallons when they a fully grown. Second- If I feed them alot, will they not eat my inverts? How much would I have to feed them? Thank you if you guys (and girls) reply.

 

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Or a blue throat trigger

 

[mattzang]

temporary being 2 years?

 

[Maritimer]

The blue-throat is less likely (note: less-likely does not mean that your shrimp and crabs are 100% safe!) to go after inverts than the bursa. I'd be fine with the smaller triggers in a 40-B for a truly short time - like, a month or two of quarantine for instance - but if it's going to be two years, wait until the upgrade tank is actually sitting in your house. Too often, life interferes and upgrades don't happen.

Although I haven't kept them, I don't think that motile inverts (and some sessile inverts) will be particularly safe around a trigger like the bursa - it's just who they are / what they do.

~B.

 

[lion king]

A bursa trigger needs at least a 125g, 6ft tank, when mature, suppliers that give out these small tanks for this fish should be ashame. These fish grow slowly and they count on you not keeping them alive long enough to witness their aggression in smaller tanks.

 

[Jib]

I would buy fish for the tank you have now, not the tank you hope you have in the future.

 

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Understood, thnaks for your replies.