disappearing niger trigger

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amart

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I have a question in regards to whether or not a two foot snow flake eel could eat a perfectly healthy three and a half inch niger trigger? This appears to be the only answer to the missing trigger. I have a 155 gallon tank with plenty of live rock and have taken each rock out of tank to inspect and can not find the fish at all. I have looked down the overflow sections of tank and behind the tank no luck. It has been two days now and again no signs. Would it be possible for the eel to swallow a fish of this size or is that a stretch. This is just so mystifying to believe that was this the triggers demise.
 
I doubt it. Recheck the sump, overflows etc w/ a very bright flashlight - Niger trigger on coraline algae - very tough to see...

When I was a kid, I had a little one in a FO tank - he often rested in a little plastic dog house I had stuck in there.
 
They are also very good at wedging themselves tightly in very reclusive places. Triggerfish can make a very unpleasant meal for many fish...
 
The eel is fine and moves about as usual, I thought that if the eel did eat this fish it would have been seen in his body. This has not been the case at all, very strange to have had this happen.
 
He will pop out when you least expect it!
 
agreed i put one in my 135 and didnt see him for 2 weeks,them all of a sudden i saw him in the back roaming for food.
 
not to be a debby downer, but i think it could be possible i don't have experience with either but , since triggers would wedge themselves into cracks at night to sleep, and they can get deep into crack and lock them selves in there with their "trigger" . i wouldn't put it past a 2 foot eel to eat a 3 inch that was wedged into a crack, seems like easy pickings to me.... but i really hope im wrong
 
They are nearly impossible to remove. Beyond that, they usually curl against the surfaces in a crevice, making it even more difficult. I am not saying it is impossible, but unlikely, rather.
 
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