considering adding an additional Trigger

[jabari]

I already have a 3 and a half inch humma humma, i saw a beautiful 2 inch or so clown trigger that i want to get. My question is am i setting myself up for disaster. Its a 125gallon and i also have a 5 inch dogface in there as well as a small 3 inch GS clown....thoughts??????

 

[crypt keeper]

they dont go insane till they get bigger. it will grow faster than the humu humu. eventually you may have some issues. 125 is too small once it hits 6 inches IMO

 

[jabari]

Originally Posted by Jabari
http:///forum/post/3088211
I already have a 3 and a half inch humma humma, i saw a beautiful 2 inch or so clown trigger that i want to get. My question is am i setting myself up for disaster. Its a 125gallon and i also have a 5 inch dogface in there as well as a small 3 inch GS clown....thoughts??????
Also i heard they are pretty hard to keep when young...and judging from how long i've had my small clowns in the past it has proven to be true. What is the key to keeping them healthy when this small, and what is the minimum tank size for a clown?

 

[rcreations]

I bought a tiny clown trigger a week ago and so far he's doing great. Seems like normal trigger eating behavior, in other words he pigs out on everything I put in the tank.

 

[crypt keeper]

i will say this. people may not believe it but my humu humu was about 3/4 of an inch when i bought him. poor guy could barely swim with my flow rate. im not kidding when i say this but this guy grown a lot. probably put on another 1/2 inch in the past i think 2 months i have had him. he is a porker. i feed my tank 3 times a day. i feed pellets in the am. mysis around 3. then either algae of any sort sponge food, mussels, and squid mix. my fish are all growing pretty fast. i dose with one of the following switching off every meal daily selcon zoecon garlic and vitamin c.
people told me bicolors and small triggers were. probably had some luck but i have kept them alive and healthy. bicolor is on month 3 and all fish have survived a move.

 

[aquaknight]

Definitely can see it working fine in there for now. Is you well know, the history of larger Clown Triggers is indeed mixed. This is really only part of a disaster you're setting yourself up for, if indeed one day the Clown does snap. But there is literally no way if telling if your trigger ever will (and some haven't). Of course there's always the chance you got a 'good' Clown

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But yea, in general, 2 triggers in a 125 doesn't sound unreasonable to me

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