I Bought Trigger Fish Today And

[GATECRASHER]

issit a solitary fish? i heard it's a predator so can i mix it with lion fish or other triggers? does it eat blood worm? pellets? what about mushrooms? does it eat corals?

[Dispar_Anthias]

issit a solitary fish? i heard it's a predator so can i mix it with lion fish or other triggers? does it eat blood worm? pellets? what about mushrooms? does it eat corals?

Yes triggers are predator and fierce carnivore...... They eat almost everything given.... As for compatibilty wise, it depend on what trigger you get, for example niger trigger or queen trigger, they are rather docile therefore you might be able to mix them with other triggers....... But some other trigger remain fierce and will almost kill any fish added and one example is undulate trigger............ And mixing with other trigger also depend how big is the tank....

Anyway trigger queen is a trigger expert and have successfully mix some triggers together, do ask her about it

[pospeh]

Do not add any shrimps, crabs, snails in your tank.

Triggers will attack these things with relish since that is what they eat in the wild.

[DeepBlue]

Yes triggers are predator and fierce carnivore...... They eat almost everything given.... As for compatibilty wise, it depend on what trigger you get, for example niger trigger or queen trigger, they are rather docile therefore you might be able to mix them with other triggers....... But some other trigger remain fierce and will almost kill any fish added and one example is undulate trigger............ And mixing with other trigger also depend how big is the tank....

Anyway trigger queen is a trigger expert and have successfully mix some triggers together, do ask her about it

DA.....

(ON behalf of Trigger Queen)

Nigger triggers are not queen triggers....dun be mistaken....there are 2 queen triggers at LCK this week.... can go see the diff..

Queen triggers are nice But too fierce to mix with other triggers...

Wat we have done is to mix triggers from different family...

We put our picasso in first, followed by the clown triger and bursa....all about the same size...then the peaceful bluechin.....

we didn't get any success with undulate, blue line and nigger....they were too hostile to other fishes in our tank.....

Triggers like meaty food...they particularly enjoys prawn meat..but will take a wide range of food as well......from pellets, brine shrimp..mysis shrimps...your fingers(joke) ........ our blue chin takes nori as well(weird)

yes ..they are dangerous to your inverts in the tank...

[Dispar_Anthias]

DA.....

(ON behalf of Trigger Queen)

Nigger triggers are not queen triggers....dun be mistaken....there are 2 queen triggers at LCK this week.... can go see the diff..

Queen triggers are nice But too fierce to mix with other triggers...

Wat we have done is to mix triggers from different family...

We put our picasso in first, followed by the clown triger and bursa....all about the same size...then the peaceful bluechin.....

we didn't get any success with undulate, blue line and nigger....they were too hostile to other fishes in our tank.....

Triggers like meaty food...they particularly enjoys prawn meat..but will take a wide range of food as well......from pellets, brine shrimp..mysis shrimps...your fingers(joke) ........ our blue chin takes nori as well(weird)

yes ..they are dangerous to your inverts in the tank...

yeah what i mean is 2 more docile triggers which are queen and niger..........

To avoid confusion, this is queen trigger

[Dispar_Anthias]

This is niger trigger

Hey deepblue, seldom see trigger queen online anymore

[GATECRASHER]

my trigger is grey colour with some blue stripes and a bit of yellow colour. what trigger is that?

[coralreef]

Bluelined Triggerfish????

[Dispar_Anthias]

Bluelined Triggerfish????

Eh gate crasher, how much you get that trigger for

[GATECRASHER]

Eh gate crasher, how much you get that trigger for

30 ringgit. but i dunno what trigger is it lar

[juan rahmat]

my trigger is grey colour with some blue stripes and a bit of yellow colour. what trigger is that?

I THINK,IT IS A BAPOK TRIGGER.

[Dispar_Anthias]

30 ringgit. but i dunno what trigger is it lar

yah so it cannot be a blue lined as blue lined is from hawaii cand cost more than that

[Achilles Tang]

Please don't tell me it's a Titan trigger!!!!

[juan rahmat]

Please don't tell me it's a Titan trigger!!!!

The one that GATECRASHER got was a Bursa or Picasso Trigger.

[DeepBlue]

I believe it is a Picasso Trigger...bursa has a big black patch on its sides

Does Your fish look something like that?

[GATECRASHER]

I believe it is a Picasso Trigger...bursa has a big black patch on its sides

Does Your fish look something like that?

it looks very similar but it's slightly different . colour base the same

[Trigger Queen]

If its a Picasso Trigger, then the aggressive level is lower than the clown, undulate, queen. how big is yours? But triggers are highly unpredictable. i have a pink-tail which is supposedly docile but it simply needs to be king in my tank!! had to take it out and out it in another tank!

it is now living with my juv blue-face and leaves it alone as long as the blue face 'kow-tao' to it.

triggers can be mixed with bigger fishes (and aggressive) like angels, tangs, basses. BUT definitely not lion-fish (it will toy with its fin), puffers, boxfish as these fishes are too slow to get to the food.

currently, i have 4 triggers in one tank, mix with angels, tangs and hawkfish

saw the queen triggers at LCK last weekend......

too bad i dun have the space for it... had to tear myself away from the tank.

triggers are great personality fish!

DA, not online recently coz very BZ

[Trigger Queen]

BTW,

i really hope LFS will stop labelling 'niger triggers' / 'red-tooth triggers' as 'queen triggers'. unless... i'm wrong

but each is beautiful in their own crazy way .....

i had a niger trigger (according to the 'book', its a medium aggressive fih) who was a real terror (worse than my undulate and clown triggers!!!) it will bite all fishes, even the other triggers except the pink-tail.... strange..... though the pink-tail can't be bothered with it.

and i had a dominoe damsel who simply adore the pink-tail, will stick to it 24hrs.

i had a 4" clown trigger who was very sweet and docile.

had a blue-line once who was also docile and stupid.

(unfortunately both died of cynaide-poisoning mths after i bought it)

thats why, triggers are totally unpredictable and such exciting and exasperating fishes to keep.

i want a queen trigger...

[GATECRASHER]

i like triggers too. mine is quite chicken but it will take a nip at everything it sees in front of him. he is currently stuck in between my live rocks. somehow he can't find his way out hehehehe

[Trigger Queen]

if yours is a picasso, your trigger belongs to the Rhinecanthus family. they are of medium aggression (but again, varies from fish to fish)

if you just bought it, it might be hiding/stress, that's why its wedging itself. any other fish in the tank?

generally, triggers are highly curious and greedy creatures, it should be out in a day or 2 unless threaten by something else.

how big is it? triggers NEED meaty food. pellets and brine shrimps aren't enough. and definitely no flake food for them.

i feed mine shrimps (sometime live, sometimes chopped). they love mussels, clams etc....

if your trigger has a pinch-in tummy, that's not good news. but be careful not to overfeed. they have no concept of a 'full stomach'.

[acce]

Hi,

I've got 4 triggers in my 3 feet tank, there are happyily living with each other.

I've got a Niger, Bursa, Blue Jaw and Picasso, do u think i can get a clown or queen trigger? Will they get along?

Thanks.

[Trigger Queen]

Hi,

I've got 4 triggers in my 3 feet tank, there are happyily living with each other.

I've got a Niger, Bursa, Blue Jaw and Picasso, do u think i can get a clown or queen trigger? Will they get along?

Thanks.

how big are your triggers?

triggers get big fast.... 3 feet too small for 4 + 1 triggers...

(even my 4 feet will get too small for my triggers soon... ) )

i got my clown trigger (abt 1-2 inch) and was lucky that my other triggers ignored it, though they were bigger. my triggers are like yours, very sociable. but my baby clown is able to hold its own and i fear what it will be like when its grown up.

your triggers are classified as 'mildly aggressive' (but the niger is always a surprise) my niger was simply HORRID and was only respectful of my pink-tail. my niger killed my damsel and clown fish!!

what other fishes u have in the tank?

triggers get more aggressive and territorial as they aged, so i recommend u shelf the idea of adding the clown trigger, or if u really want to, add a small one and be prepared for a bigger tank soon (got excuse to upgrade!)

btw, think of the bio load..

and definitely DON"T even THINK of a QUEEN trigger unless u wanna give it a big tank all to herself. (i can only dream of a queen trigger )

i am not looking forward to the day when my darling triggers start drawing boundaries in my tank..... no $$$ to upgrade...

good to know that there are other trigger lovers out there....

hope it was of help

[acce]

Hi,

Thanks for your advise, i think will not get anymore fishes in the meantime. My triggers are about 2-3 inches & my tank got 2 other lionfish. It's a FOWLR.

[Dazza]

Well trigger fishes are very interesting creatures. I hv a clown trigger n it is living very happily ith a moon wrasse, purple tang, tomato clown, 6-band wrasse, flame hawk, sailfin tang & pearlscale butterfly. No prob watsoever from the chap. Once in a while he tries to nip my fingers when i scrub the galss but that smy own fault becos i didnt give it ample warning that its me hahaha...