can be kept with trigger list

[Yellowboy]

what animals can be kept with a picasso trigger...some of you may remember a while back when i had issues with mine but he is now in his own tank...looked into some of the ideas you guys gave but would like all my options to ponder forever.

 

[jandree22]

how big is the tank? I'd say a Lion, Hawk, or Puffer would be cool

 

[Enzo]

It depends on how big the trigger is. A juvenile trigger tends to be more docile and doesn't create much touble witrh his tankmates. While an adult trigger can be quite aggresive. If it's a juvenile you can keep it with a lot of things. I keep my juvenile with a sebae clownfish. The clown is a bit bigger than it. If it's an adult, you can keep it with all the stuff jandree said you could keep it with.

 

[Anonymous]

Morays, loins, puffers, groupers, larger angels all will do fine with your fish, depending of course on the tank size. The good thing about this species of trigger is that it's a slow grower, and doesn't generaly approach anything resembling adult size in captivity.

Cheers
Jim

 

[Yellowboy]

well the reason he's in his own tank now is that he was absolutely pummeling my ocellaris, he's very young, about 3 in but he's also very aggressive...theres a scooter blenny in there with him now that he's ignoring so whatever went in would have to also be friendly to that...its in a 26 gallon bow front just the 3in trigger and the 2 inch blenny...these two sizes are generous i think they are a little smaller, the curved front i think magnifies how big they look.

 

[jandree22]

it's all about territory... while I'm guessing your blenny is spending most of the time at the bottom of the tank, your trigger and clown are in the middle trying to claim territory in the tank. While the clown can sometimes become aggressive about their territory, they're generally more passive. Obviously, it's another story for the trigger.

 

[Anonymous]

Keep in mind that when most triggers get big, even adult lions aren't safe. The trigger has such strong armor in front that the lion's spines break off.

I'd also consider some groupers. The miniatus, blue-line, and blue-dot are awesome looking, and would go well with most triggers.

I'd also consider other triggers. I used to have a big trigger-only tank. Lots of 'personality' in that tank.

Peace,

Chip

 

[Yellowboy]

would a fuzzy dwarf lion be ok? if the trigger gets stung will it die, or what other kinds of problems could come from being stung? If the adult triggers have such thick skin on their face would they still attack if it had been stung earlier? if a trigger was put in with the trigger wouldn't they fight to the death or do they only attack dissimilar fishes? Sorry about all the questions i just want to do this right...thank you everyone for your help

 

[klingsa]

If you want to keep a clown in there, you could do a maroon. They're pretty mean, and if bigger than the trigger, won't bother him. Unless he already tends to be a fin nipper. Personally, I think lionfish are fine, even the dwarf. Not sure if the lion barbs can penetrate a trigger's skin, but if so, yes, he'll die. If it doesn't penetrate, can't imagine there would be a problem.

Otherwise, Rabbitfish are fine and some large tangs also. Puffers, groupers, sweetlips (again, if not a nipper...very small sweetlips can be shy), maybe a large angel (not sure about this one, anyone else think that's a possiblity?), filefish, toby's, other puffers (usually get along, especially if the same size). I think that any of these fish of equal or larger size will work. You can probably also tell from the trigger's current behavior how aggressive it will be. I've met some that are picked on constantly by damsels, and never fight back. However, keep in mind that some triggers drastically change personality in their lifetime. Can be peaceful for years, and then turn nasty. Just a thought to throw out there.

Good luck!
Sara

 

[Yellowboy]

ok i think i am either going to do the fuzzy dwarf lion (very worried about the trigger just nipping off the spines and then killing the lion...i just heard they sometimes do this) or a large hippo tang, if you guys think a tang can defend itself against the trigger, and im still looking into groupers...critique my two top choices, a hippo tang is really the only tang i would ever consider, i am not a fan of yellows and fish like powder blues etc are too difficult.