Advice? Niger trigger reef safe or not

Very hit or miss. May snack on clean up crew and may bully some tank mates. I have had 2 over the years in different reefs and neither bothered coral. Key is to get them small and one of the last fish to add.

 

I also forgot to add mine never bothered my clean up crew. They were extremely well fed also left tank mates alone for the most part. I have tried many triggers over the years only one I could not make work out was a Clown Trigger. He was good for 1.5 years then started killing tank mates. He started eating clean up crew as well and was extremely fat and well fed. Triggers I have tried Bluethroats, Pinktail, Nigers, and currently have a pair of Crosshatch Triggers. Did not have problems with any except the Clown. I know I was going to fail but had to try!

 

I had an Eppaulette Tang that ate Lps.I had A Blue Hippo that killed wrasses. So great point you never know what's going to happen until it happens.

 

I remember a Niger Trigger at petco of all places. Amazing looking specimen, and pretty large. When I walked by the tank he charged the glass and kept trying to bite me! I like ornery animals and I would have bought him if I had a tank his size, but pretty sure he would have killed everything! I was so surprised that I left and came back and sure enough he would hit that glass and furiously bite at anything that passed by. I have never seen a more aggressive fish. My nile puffer will get excited for food like that, but this guy just seemed to want to attack any movement at all.

 

I had one in a reef about 10 years ago and had a similar experience (albeit not quite so violent) as Hart described. The trigger would rush my hand every time I put it in the tank to clean glass or whatever. I slopped more saltwater yanking my hand out of the water then I have since. While he never actually bit me I got rid of him because of the anxiety he created - it wasn't relaxing at all with him in the tank!