Undulated Triggers

srfisher17

srfisher17

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Originally Posted by rebelprettyboy
http:///forum/post/2673449
my lfs store had a undualted trigger on sale for 32 bucks and I bought and put it in my 30 gal tank! Trigger is beautiful and happy!
These guys can get to be a foot long; he won't be "happy" in a 30 gal very long; neither will any other living creature in the tank. IMO, a 30 isn't anywhere big enough for this fish, or any trigger; but I hope it works. Aggressive, growing fish + not enough room= disaster
 
slackjawed

slackjawed

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Originally Posted by rebelprettyboy
http:///forum/post/2673449
my lfs store had a undualted trigger on sale for 32 bucks and I bought and put it in my 30 gal tank! Trigger is beautiful and happy!
is the fact that even though a given species may attain say 14” in the wild, this doesn’t necessarily mean that such a size is realistic in captivity, even when kept in the largest home aquaria. Others are just tremendously slow growers, and are not likely to reach anything close to adult size even after 6 or 7 years of captive life!!!!!!!!!!!! you got time
 
kjr_trig

kjr_trig

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Originally Posted by rebelprettyboy
http:///forum/post/2673449
my lfs store had a undualted trigger on sale for 32 bucks and I bought and put it in my 30 gal tank! Trigger is beautiful and happy!
Just curious, do you do any research before you buy the (argueably) most aggressive fish in the hobby which grows to a foot long, and stick him in a 30 gallon tank? Do you just buy fish because they are pretty?
 
srfisher17

srfisher17

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Originally Posted by kjr_trig
http:///forum/post/2674527
Just curious, do you do any research before you buy the (argueably) most aggressive fish in the hobby which grows to a foot long, and stick him in a 30 gallon tank? Do you just buy fish because they are pretty?
I need to learn to be less diplomatic and more to the point!
 
slackjawed

slackjawed

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Originally Posted by katiev
http:///forum/post/2674546
Just FYI...they're wrasses, not wrasps. There's no 'p' sound in there. :)
sorry didnt no that the grammer police was in here to ill be sure to correct my spelling thanks o i think i had a death cant find the new dragon wrasse thinkin a eel got a 30 $$ meal now gonna get pink tail tommaro down to 18 fish gots some room
 
slackjawed

slackjawed

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Originally Posted by kjr_trig
http:///forum/post/2674527
Just curious, do you do any research before you buy the (argueably) most aggressive fish in the hobby which grows to a foot long, and stick him in a 30 gallon tank? Do you just buy fish because they are pretty?
yea hes gonna grow sooooooooooooooo fast huh mabey like 2 inches a year if luckey the guys got time (as 99%of you say days) he has about a year w/ no probs .your wrong guy !!plenty of room for now
 
krazykarel

krazykarel

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Originally Posted by EL GUAPO
http:///forum/post/2674628
At least I know the demons haunt others too .

That's actually pretty funny!
Slack: Have you taken any video of your tank? I don't think it would take any heat off of your practices, but it could, to a small degree, at least prove your tank isn't exploding as of now. I would watch the video.
 
eelfan77

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Originally Posted by krazykarel
http:///forum/post/2674908
That's actually pretty funny!
Slack: Have you taken any video of your tank? I don't think it would take any heat off of your practices, but it could, to a small degree, at least prove your tank isn't exploding as of now. I would watch the video.

+1
i would like to see a video 2
 
ccampbell57

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Ok Slack I am not here to argue with you anymore. All I am going to tell you is that your triggers will grow fast. My clown trigger was removed from my system due to the fact that he grew from 3" to over 5" in less than 6 months. He also was fatter than my 9" tang. His attitude also grew a great deal. He was nipping at my 10" emperor angel and abusing my 9" blueface angel. These 2 fish are aguably the most aggressive fish without teeth at their size. You know there is an issue when a fish that is less than half the size of an uber aggressive dominant fish.
Your triggers may be playing nice now, but when you start to feed them the correct food and they grow at the correct rate, you will see their true colors.
Your Dragon Wrasse was the fist, and now that one of your triggers has a taste for other saltwater fish it is a matter of time.
You put a queen in there and here is what your tank will look like soon.
 
ccampbell57

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Ok Slack I am not here to argue with you anymore. All I am going to tell you is that your triggers will grow fast. My clown trigger was just removed from my system due to the fact that he grew from 3" to over 5" in less than 6 months. He also was fatter than my 9" tang. His attitude also grew a great deal. He was nipping at my 10" emperor angel and abusing my 9" blueface angel. These 2 fish are aguably the most aggressive fish without teeth at their size. You know there is an issue when a fish that is less than half the size of an uber aggressive dominant fish. The clown was so aggressive when I took him out he was trying to bite and charge the net as well as my hand. In fact, I have a nice little present from him on my index finger where he got a couple of good teeth marks and blood.
Your triggers may be playing nice now, but when you start to feed them the correct food and they grow at the correct rate, you will see their true colors. Yours are eating a ton, but the nutrition is not there. If you feed them your live feeders, but you do it with actual live saltwater fish and squid and clams your fish will grow at an alarming rate.
Your Dragon Wrasse was the fist, and now that one of your triggers has a taste for other saltwater fish it is a matter of time.
You put a queen in there and here is what your tank will look like soon.
 
kjr_trig

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Originally Posted by krazykarel
http:///forum/post/2674908
That's actually pretty funny!
Slack: Have you taken any video of your tank? I don't think it would take any heat off of your practices, but it could, to a small degree, at least prove your tank isn't exploding as of now. I would watch the video.

Originally Posted by eelfan77
http:///forum/post/2674911
+1
i would like to see a video 2

Originally Posted by bruner54
http:///forum/post/2674935
me 3
Please don't incourage him, what you may not understand and he definately doesn't understand is it really doesn't matter what his tank looks like now, these fish will get more and more aggressive as they age. His only saving grace is, like CCampbell said, he doesn't give them proper nutrition as such he is stunting their growth, but you can't stunt their aggression. The only reason I would be curious to see a video is I think he is lieing about his stock list.
 
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