 Re: mixing triggers
Been keeping saltwater tanks for over 35 years. Have lived in Micronesia where I got my own fish. Also lived in Hawaii and Puerto Rico. I have kept many saltwater fish over the years but nothing, to me, compares to keeping triggers. They are in a league all their own. My comment goes to those who might want to keep multiple triggers. Experiences vary, I know but here's mine. In an 88 gallon custom made tank I kept one Humu, one Niger, one Clown and one blue jaw. The blue jaw died. He starved to death as he was terrified to swim about with the other murderous lot. Once he was gone, the other three got along just fine. Actually, they totally ignored each other. No fights at all. It went on like that for about 3 to 4 years. I finally donated all of them to the aquarium at Gatlinburg where the clown is on display in their 10,000 gallon tank (happy ending for him). The most interesting part of the story though is this, there was one other inhabitant of the tank - a single false percula. Not a big one - about 2". NO BODY messed with him. The triggers all were afraid of him!. They swam AROUND him. If they got too close - bam! up he would come for a nip and trust me the hurried off. It was quite amazing and the situation never changed. He was "boss" until the day I took down the tank!  |