My niger trigger will eat (or try to) almost anything that makes its way into the tank. Doesn't matter what it is, cleaning pads, fingers, parts of an arm... Mine likes cut up bay scallops and shrimp (seafood dept at grocery) Formula one, etc.
Don't know if this will help or not, but the easiest thing might be to use 1/8 plywood. In some places its called door skin. typical sheet is 3' x 7' it normally is flawless and made from birch. I use it for model boats, I've dry bent a 20" x 36" piece approx 4" over a span of approx 12" with no...
I had one of the little fu*k's, as a starter fish. After the $3 **** started attacking the expensive fish, he had to get transferred. Got a buddy with a bigger tank w/ 2 large groupers and an eel. Little **** lasted almost two weeks