Triggerfish
Triggerfish Resources
Triggerfish are marine fish from the family Balistidae. Many are brightly colored and can grow quite large, with some species reaching up to 2½ feet in length.
Triggerfish
Triggerfish are very hardy specimens that adapt well to aquarium life if provided with a large tank and ample hiding places.
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[BM] These are the fish I think I want, what do you pros think?
Triggerfish Guide
Scientific Name: Family Balistidae, several species.
Type: Saltwater ...
Clown Triggerfish
Scientific Name: Balistoides Conspicillum
Family: Tetraodontiformes
About the Clown Triggerfish
Species Type: Saltwater Fish
Category: Triggerfish ...
Triggerfish are typified by a tough leathery skin and strong jaws that contain incisor-like teeth. They swim by rippling their soft dorsal and anal fins.
Triggerfish breed in groups of one male to anywhere from two to five females. The males will protect their females and young by guarding the area or chosen territory.
Halfmoon Triggerfish
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Sufflamen chrysopterus ...
Queen Triggerfish
This fish is very elegant and beautiful with fine lines, it looks like a painting and has a long flowing tail that grows long at it ages.
Humu triggerfish are very hardy and are forgiving of low quality water or unstable parameters. The most they require is rockwork, which they will hide in at night or when threatened.
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While they are generally considered monsters that will chomp invertebrates, many will actually make great reef fish.
Common name Taxonomy Reef safe Care Level Description
Blue jaw trigger ...
Picasso Triggerfish
Acts just like other triggers (the bull in the China shop) and has the common name because of it's Picasso (the famous artist) like patterns.
Sea Anemone Species ...
Juvenile Clown Triggerfish
Some aquarists find that an exciting and enticing sub-hobby of keeping a beautiful tropical aquarium is that of taking pictures (and video) of the tank and it's inhabitants.
Fiberglass screen on filter grid not protected by another grid to prevent ripping by sea turtles and triggerfish. (This was corrected when we renovated the large tank in 1997.)
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Overview: The order Tetraodontiformes contains Porcupinefish, Triggerfish, Boxfish and the Pufferfish are almost entirely found in the tropics and subtropics.
FAMILY EXAMPLE LIFESPAN Platacidae Batfishes 10-15 Scorpaenidae Lionfish 10-15 Balistidae Triggerfishes 8-10 Osctraciidae Boxfishes, Cowfish 8-12 Amphiprionidae Damselfishes 5-8 Chaetodontidae Butterflyfishes, ...
Triggerfish are the best (yuuuuuuuuuuum!)What is life without enjoying the little things? Ok, on a serious note... FRONTOSA! Quit blaming people for "killing" living things! I'm sure he didn't mean harm for the fish.
Balistoides conspicillum (Clown triggerfish)
Heniochus acuminatus (Longfin Bannerfish) ...
Aside from behaving in response to the natural stimuli in their tank environment, fish have also been known to respond to their keepers. Larger species, like the Oscar, Pacu, Grouper, Arowana, and Triggerfish, are receptive to hand feeding; ...
Still others, including some triggerfishes, have a reputation for pulling a “Jekyll and Hyde' routine, lulling their keeper into complacency with their seemingly passive disposition and then suddenly turning murderous toward their tankmates.
Triggerfish/Lionfish
If you are setting up a tank for large aggressive fish, you can start with triggers and/or lionfish, as they are hardy.
Fish include Percula clownfish, Ocellated Dragonet, Blackbar Triggerfish, and the Tricolor Fairy Wrasse. You can only put in 12 different fish in a tank at any time (even with the full version).
 See also: Fish, Aquarium, Species, Water, Shrimp
  
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