3 inch Triger Fish
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surfinusa
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i dont think there is such a thing as a 3 inch trigger the smallest i belive is 8-10 inches
silentj
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well i got this "you can have a smaller species that grows to only about two or three inches, which are hard to come by."
from http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/tri.../bltrigfam.htm
any idea what they r talkin about?
from http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/tri.../bltrigfam.htm
any idea what they r talkin about?
v-lioness
Member
I had to look this up, but here is what I found.... Wet Web! They do not show a picture, I have never seen one.
Xenobalistes punctatus - the Outrigger Triggerfish. The smallest member of the family at under four inches total length. Southeast Atlantic off South Africa. Pelagic, associated with flotsam.
Kaye
Xenobalistes punctatus - the Outrigger Triggerfish. The smallest member of the family at under four inches total length. Southeast Atlantic off South Africa. Pelagic, associated with flotsam.
Kaye
colball9
New Member
i would love to get a small trigger for my tank but...
i have
1 bicolor angel
1 percula clown
1 bicolor blenny
1 green chromis
1 yellow tang
2 yellow tail damsels
several hermits a lettuce nudi
and several polyps of which i got from a piece of the aquacultured multi-rock here on the sight!
and roughly 60 pounds of LR
would it be possible to incorporate in a small trigger? the tank has lots of swimming space above the rocks but is only a 55 gallon tank what do you guys think?
i have
1 bicolor angel
1 percula clown
1 bicolor blenny
1 green chromis
1 yellow tang
2 yellow tail damsels
several hermits a lettuce nudi
and several polyps of which i got from a piece of the aquacultured multi-rock here on the sight!
and roughly 60 pounds of LR
would it be possible to incorporate in a small trigger? the tank has lots of swimming space above the rocks but is only a 55 gallon tank what do you guys think?
silentj
New Member
well THANX so much i managed to find some pics
http://members.tripod.com/africandiv...ggerfish20.jpg
http://members.tripod.com/africandiv...ggerfish19.jpg
i think its kinda cute ^_^
http://members.tripod.com/africandiv...ggerfish20.jpg
http://members.tripod.com/africandiv...ggerfish19.jpg
i think its kinda cute ^_^
v-lioness
Member
colball9 - triggers get large, they are fast swimmers that need space, triggers can be very territorial fish that create a heavy Bio-Load.
IMO - you are stocked allow your fish to mature and set their own territories, adding a trigger will lead to nothing but trouble with your tank.
Kaye
IMO - you are stocked allow your fish to mature and set their own territories, adding a trigger will lead to nothing but trouble with your tank.
Kaye
v-lioness
Member
SilentJ - I could not get the pictures to work....
But I did find this on it, interesting.....
The bizarre outrigger triggerfish was originally described from a 85 mm juvenile found by Mr R.T. Puffett washed up on the beach at the Van Stadens River mouth in May 1982. This unique little triggerfish was dubbed the outrigger triggerfish for the large bony swelling below each pectoral fin, and it was described as a new species, Xanthichthys punctatus, by Margaret Smith and Phil Heemstra in 1983.
No other specimens of this new species were found until May 1994, when a moribund juvenile was picked up on the beach at Maitland by Arnold Slabbert of the Cape Nature Conservation Department. Fortunately, Mr Slabbert gave the struggling triggerfish to Roger and Richard Matlock, who resuscitated the little fish and nurtured it for four years, by which time the bony swellings below the pectorals were much reduced, and the fish had transformed into the beautiful colours of an adult bluelined triggerfish, Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus.
Thanks to the efforts of Mr Puffett, Slabbert and the Matlocks, the benighted ichthyologists (Smith & Heemstra) who supposed that the outrigger triggerfish was a unique new species, were proved wrong.
And we now know that this bizarre little triggerfish is merely the juvenile stage of a bluelined triggerfish.
Kaye
But I did find this on it, interesting.....
The bizarre outrigger triggerfish was originally described from a 85 mm juvenile found by Mr R.T. Puffett washed up on the beach at the Van Stadens River mouth in May 1982. This unique little triggerfish was dubbed the outrigger triggerfish for the large bony swelling below each pectoral fin, and it was described as a new species, Xanthichthys punctatus, by Margaret Smith and Phil Heemstra in 1983.
No other specimens of this new species were found until May 1994, when a moribund juvenile was picked up on the beach at Maitland by Arnold Slabbert of the Cape Nature Conservation Department. Fortunately, Mr Slabbert gave the struggling triggerfish to Roger and Richard Matlock, who resuscitated the little fish and nurtured it for four years, by which time the bony swellings below the pectorals were much reduced, and the fish had transformed into the beautiful colours of an adult bluelined triggerfish, Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus.
Thanks to the efforts of Mr Puffett, Slabbert and the Matlocks, the benighted ichthyologists (Smith & Heemstra) who supposed that the outrigger triggerfish was a unique new species, were proved wrong.
And we now know that this bizarre little triggerfish is merely the juvenile stage of a bluelined triggerfish.
Kaye
v-lioness
Member
I really could not say, different triggers have different growth rates. Triggers are very fast swimmers that pack a heavy Bio-Load in a tank. These fish need space to mature and establish territories.
My tank is 8 feet, I sometimes think that is to small for my pinktail, there are times that fish just paces the front, back and forth. Every night he guards his area, he guards 2 feet each side. Every night he will dart at a fish or tail slap them because they are to close to his area. Watching my Pinktail over the past few years has helped me understand how territorial they can be. I could not imagine dealing with one of the more aggressive triggers.
Kaye
My tank is 8 feet, I sometimes think that is to small for my pinktail, there are times that fish just paces the front, back and forth. Every night he guards his area, he guards 2 feet each side. Every night he will dart at a fish or tail slap them because they are to close to his area. Watching my Pinktail over the past few years has helped me understand how territorial they can be. I could not imagine dealing with one of the more aggressive triggers.
Kaye