Triggers anyone?

[CentralMayhem]

triggers are called triggers because their locking mechanism in their dorsal fins. i prefer to tell people they are called triggers because they are like loaded guns. you never know when they are gonna pull the trigger and start taking out tankmates

 

[hyphen]

Most triggers get huge like 20inches but there are a select few that only reach 10inches so with that said... It all depends on how many you want if you want a couple say 2or3 then I would get a pretty big tank because they are pissed off. I would say like 200 gal maybe bigger and as far as other tank mates Big Angels can take care of them selves and Large Puffers and Groupers other then that I dont know

actually, that's a very bad generalization. a lot of triggers stay within the foot long range. picasso (humu humu), rectangle, undulated, crosshatch, niger, blue jaw and the bursa triggers all stay within 10-13", to name a few. in fact, less triggers grow to the 2ft mark. queen, titan and clowns are the most easily found triggers that grow to large sizes (over 13").

and most triggers, as i've already stated, are aggressive towards conspecifics. it may work for a little while, but one day a trigger might snap and destroy its tankmate(s).

if you absolutely want to add multiple triggers, add some of the less aggressive ones like the niger, blue jaw, and bursa in a large tank.

 

[CentralMayhem]

Melichthys niger is a relatively peaceful trigger, other than that not many will get along in a mixed trigger community

 

[MidasMan]

yea i want a more agressive tank probly in my 120. would like one trigger and a small kind of snapper and grouper work

 

[bluedempsey]

i would go with a queen trigger by itself!!
that would rock

 

[FunkSkunk]

Over time I've kept a Niger, Huma, and Clown triggers. My fav out of all of them has been the Clown Trigger. Just be aware of the temperment of the fish when you purchase him. I've seen two triggers of the exact same size act drasticaly different so it really depends on the personality.
Not very scientific but I've always used the finger on the glass technique... basically an aggresive trigger will come right at your finger and try to bite it off repeatedly, an more mellow fellow will come to the glass but not attack persay.
.02

 

[Ornatapinnis]

Yeah, triggers are hard to predict. I love them but man do they very in personality.

I have a pink tail, odonus niger and bursa all together in a 125 with no problems
(I know, give it time).

I have a fairly mild tempered clown in one service account and another that bites the hell out of me in another tank.

I think the only thing you can count on with triggers is that queens, undulateds, viridescence and fuscos are going to be bastards!!!!!

The rest...who knows....

 

[FunkSkunk]

I've also seen at my LFS a Huma Trigger bite a shark twice its size in half. Took them two sharks to figure out it was the trigger and not the other shark!! Ouch!$$$

But no matter what the trigger is my favorite saltwater fish of all time! They have way more personality than any other fish i've seen and truly are the 'puppy dog' of the marine world! How could you not love a face like this!?

 

[FunkSkunk]

Also I've had great experience with using a Harlequin Tusk as a tankmate for a Huma and a Clown Trigger. The colors are amazing together~!

 

[Ornatapinnis]

Are you kidding?!!!!

What kind of aquarium shop didn't know that a trigger would pick on and sometimes kill a shark. Triggers are notorious for plucking the eyes out of sharks and removing fins. THey should have know better.

If you had a harliquin tusk do well with triggers, consider youself lucky. Tusks are extra extra wimpy, get thier butts kick by mean fish.

Joel