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FAQs about the Undulated Triggerfish Behavior
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Undulated Trigger Tail
Spikes 03/07/06
Our Undulated can change her tail
spot from black to the same color as her body. My question is can they
retract their tail-spikes?
<Mmm, not much, no>
I've tried to get
a close look but it's hard to tell. It seems as when her tail spot is
matching her body color it looks as if just the tips of the spines are
out; and when
it's black in color they appear longer. Thanks for the
help.
Coady Keough
<Are a bit like the tangs of the subfamily
Nasinae... with their "tangs" out all the way pretty much all the time.
Bob Fenner> Undulated Trigger - When Will it Get Aggressive?
Hello, I got a 3 or 4 inch undulated trigger about a week ago and was
just wondering why he hides all the time. From what I hear they are
supposed to be really mean and not shy. He is the only fish in my 55
gallon tank. It used to be a reef and still have some shrooms, snails
and crabs in there and he hasn't even acknowledged that that stuff is in
there. When I drop a silverside in there he swims out of his cave grabs
the fish and eats it in his cave. Just wondering if I got a shy one or
if it just takes some time for him to not be so shy. Oh and by the way
my water is perfect and he is not breathing hard at all.
<Patience
Doug, the name of the game. He's eating, good. I haven't saw my watchman
goby until about a week and a half after I got him. James (Salty Dog)>
Undulated Trigger Fish Shows No "Mean" - II
Thanks for the fast
reply!! Just hope that he doesn't turn out to be a shy fish because I
gave up a lot of neat "reef" fish because I wanted an aggressive tank. I
talked to one guy at my live fish store and he said that undulateds are
known for hiding and being shy when first introduced into the home
aquarium. Have you ever heard that about them? If so do you have any
idea on how long this will take? I am trying to be as patient as I can.
<Doug, I've never heard of them being shy. They are as mean as a
mother-in-law on a bad visit, probably the most aggressive of all
triggers. James (Salty Dog)> Undulatus - Justin's Take - IIa
Thanks for the fast reply!!
<Justin Here>
Just hope that he
doesn't turn out to be a shy fish because I gave up a lot of neat "reef"
fish because I wanted an aggressive tank. I talked to one guy at my live
fish store and he said that undulated's are known for hiding and being
shy when first introduced into the home aquarium.
<This depends
entirely on the personality of the fish. I have personally been bitten,
smacked and even scratched by one very small 1.5" undulated trigger
while trying to feed and later catch it. I have also seen the same fish
take 6-8" groupers head on for food and space and win, as well as most
other aggressive fish in its tank. I definitely rate them in the trigger
family in the middle to the top as far as possibility for aggression.>
Have you ever heard that about them? If so do you have any idea on how
long this will take?
<Find one that is very active and after he/she
is acclimated then you will see them become the ruler of the tank as
long as a more aggressive fish isn't apparent. Mostly Females are more
cranky then their male counterparts, though I do not know how to sex
them, I've just seen a female birthing in a tank then a few weeks later
after removing the mother to a new tank, watching it chase everything
out of the tank including the divers.>
I am trying to be as patient
as I can.
<Don't worry this fish can be a holy terror at times if
provoked. A great aggressive tank fish, though don't mix with other
triggers usually, or anything that isn't as aggressive as it, and add it
last to your tank as it will pick on any new arrivals to the tank.>
thanks again
<Justin (Jager)> Undulated
Triggerfish wants to be everyone's best friend!
Hi all!
I have
a quick question...
I have a female undulated triggerfish (about 4
inches long) in a 75 gal tank by herself.
I've had her for about 3
weeks now and feel that my undulated is the exception to the rule that
these fish are savage.
I was wondering if there is any way, other
then feeding live food, to make her live up to her name and become the
terror of the sea(!) I keep hearing about.
Right now the fish spends
a lot of time hiding and if I feed it live food she will only eat it if
the feeder basically swims into her mouth!
Aside from the live food
(minnows once a week) I feed krill, squid, Marine S and other pellets,
and blood worms.
The fish is physically 100% and so is the water
quality.
Any suggestions?
Thank you
Zack
Newfoundland Canada
<Time will tell, show the nature of this fish. Bob Fenner>
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