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| Balistapus undulatus (Park 1797),
the Undulated or Orange-Lined Triggerfish is both loved and
vilified in our hobby. On the one hand it's a gorgeous species
that is very hardy. On the other it can be a pure terror towards
its tank-mates, eating or "sampling" them all to death.
Don't despair if you have a penchant for keeping this fish.
True, most Indo-Pacific ones are mean to a fault and must be kept
only with like-mad-minded fishes, but do look for the more mellow
Red Sea specimens if you can. These are much more peaceful toward
other species. An Undulated Trigger in the Red Sea |
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| Balistapus undulatus (Park 1797),
the Undulated or Orange-Lined Triggerfish is both loved and
vilified in our hobby. On the one hand it's a gorgeous species
that is very hardy. On the other it can be a pure terror towards
its tank-mates, eating or "sampling" them all to death.
Don't despair if you have a penchant for keeping this fish.
True, most Indo-Pacific ones are mean to a fault and must be kept
only with like-mad-minded fishes, but do look for the more mellow
Red Sea specimens if you can. These are much more peaceful toward
other species. An Undulated Trigger in the Gilis, north of Lombok,
Indo. |
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| Much more beautiful but the embodiment of
aggression in a marine tropical is the Queen Triggerfish,
Balistes vetula Linnaeus 1758, from the Atlantic. This
is a MEAN fish, biting machine that must be kept with basses,
puffers and other animals too unpalatable to bite or mean and smart
enough to bite back. To two feet in length. Pictured below: A
fifteen inch monster in captivity. |
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| Much more beautiful but the embodiment of
aggression in a marine tropical is the Queen Triggerfish,
Balistes vetula Linnaeus 1758, from the Atlantic. This
is a MEAN fish, biting machine that must be kept with basses,
puffers and other animals too unpalatable to bite or mean and smart
enough to bite back. To two feet in length. Pictured below: A foot
long beauty in the Bahamas. |
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