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[EdKruzel]

Hello Terry,
How goes the trigger? Any problems yet?

I just wanted to comment on an article in your online mag by Rob Toonen.
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/ ... invert.htm

Excellent article on a subject which I have been preaching about for more than a decade.
It is nice to have a thorough reference to back up my hot air.

I do have one problem with a recommendation Rob made. The section on hand feeding.
Strictly an opinion, but I believe we should stress to more hobbyists to keep their hands out of the tank. Excess oils or other contaminants are easily passed by placing a hand in the water.
Not to mention the hazards of some of the animals we keep. I witnessed an LFS employee lose two fingers to a large Gymnothorax favagineus.
Just as I was telling him it wasn't a good idea to hand feed such a large eel the Tessellated came out from the water engulfing the prey item and shredding the skin and muscle from the fingers.

I myself have been nipped by several triggers; I lost a chunk off of my finger tip to a Dogface, Arothron nigropunctatus, and received several stitches from a medium sized grouper, Variola louti.

As thick headed and stubborn as I can be, those few incidents were enough to convince me to use and recommend feeding sticks or other artificial apparatus.


Just my $.02
Take care,
Ed

[AF Founder]

So far no problem with the pair of clown triggers, but keep in mind that they are in with big fish in a 10-foot tank.

Please address your comments re Toonen's article to the invert column; I see that he sees it.

Terry