At this time i have a 3 inch Undulated in my 30 gallom with a percula that lives in a long tenticle,a blue damsel, and a large manderin dragonet.there is a ton of live rock with plenty of places to hide and keep his interest when he is not using the serpent star for a toy.at this time the percula is the meanest fish in the tank by far very territorial however if i dont get another tank set up soon the undulated will be the only one in there.I have a 150 with 2 volitans,2 triggers,2 medium angels a huge red corris wrasse,and a zebra morray.I just cant get the nerve to put him in there till i set up his own 90.see ive kept fish for 22 years breaking some rules along the way,the undulated has always been my favorite.it is true some triggers do have there own personality and act totaly different then they are supposed to like my little guy but realize this the best behaved undulated even years down the road will one day go physco and usualy its only a couple of weeks.Honda12;381845; said:
Undulated triggerfish & tankmates
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I remember reading an article about a trigger that is known to attack divers. The name escapes me at the moment.
The triger that ataks divers is, I believe, the Queen Triger ( Ballistes Vetula ).
I've had several undulatums, always with other fish, and nere had any aggression. If at all, the undulatums were shy.
I've had several undulatums, always with other fish, and nere had any aggression. If at all, the undulatums were shy.
None undulated could and probably will snap killing most tank mates. I know of someone that has a 6 inch unduated and Blue line with a 4 to 5 inch picasso and rectangle in a 75 gallon. Thay have established their territory for the time being. He is going to move them up to a larger tank.
i have a undalated with pacaso a clown trigger pine apple trigger and white spotted grouper. and they are doing great together i only had the undalated for about two weeks now. I think the best bet is to get him last cuz if you put him in by his self for to long even a couple days he's taken over everything . And his tank mates must be atleast 1 or2 inches bigger than him and just as mean. Good luck trigger loverHonda12;381845; said:
Miguel;641607; said:
the ones at work (undulated) are the same way...
they have a really bad rep, but from all my experience with them it's very undeserved...
in a large enough tank it can definitely work.. but in a 50 gallon or so i think you'd be lucky to any trigger to behave
I HAVE A UNDULATED WHITH A PACASSO A CLOWN TRIGGER A PINE APPLE TRIGGER AND A WHITE SPOTTED GROUPER. AND THEY ARE DOING GREAT TOGETHER . I THINK THE TRICK IS TO PUT HIM LAST MAKE SURE ALLTHE OTHERS ARE A LITTLE BIGGER THAN THE UNDALATED ABOUT 2 INCES AND JUST AS MEAN AND YOU REALLY NEED A BIGGER TANK THAN A 55 GALLON EVEN A 75 WOULD DO IT .
Hi there, I am new to this forum but have been keeping salt water marine fish for some years.
I have a blue trigger which I keep with a yellow tail damsel and a gold fin Tang. They are perfect tank mates, I have never had any problems at all with these 3 fish living together. Although I must say that I introduced a firefish once and within half an hour the trigger had bit it in half. Also the trigger killed a medium sized Wrasse. I have come to the conclusion that the trigger doesn't like anything the shape of a wrasse or firefish, in other words long and thin. The Yellow tailed damsel that i keep witht the trigger is safe with him simply because he's too fast for him to catch, saying that I have rarely seen the trigger trying to catch him. I think the rule of thumb is that if you wanted to add a tank mate, make sure that it is a bigger fish than your trigger, or that is is fast enough to get away from him.
I have a blue trigger which I keep with a yellow tail damsel and a gold fin Tang. They are perfect tank mates, I have never had any problems at all with these 3 fish living together. Although I must say that I introduced a firefish once and within half an hour the trigger had bit it in half. Also the trigger killed a medium sized Wrasse. I have come to the conclusion that the trigger doesn't like anything the shape of a wrasse or firefish, in other words long and thin. The Yellow tailed damsel that i keep witht the trigger is safe with him simply because he's too fast for him to catch, saying that I have rarely seen the trigger trying to catch him. I think the rule of thumb is that if you wanted to add a tank mate, make sure that it is a bigger fish than your trigger, or that is is fast enough to get away from him.
