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Andrew - 2012-04-20
A beautiful fish with lots of personality. Got mine three months ago and it's now the king of the tank. If you are getting one of this, please be aware that it likes to nip and chase away your new or current fishes. Will not disturb corals but will move small rocks/pebbles; so a very stable rock work is necessary. Try not to keep any type of inverts with any triggers.

Overall, a hardy fish for beginners and a beautiful addition to a FO or FOWLR aquarium.

AR - 2009-03-13
I have an Undulate Trigger living with a Yellow Tang... they have been together since they were babies and believe it or not they are best buds... every now and then the tang will cross the line and the Undulate gets a little nasty but the next day all is well. What I find most odd is the Undulates behavior of building... this guy will literally move all of the sand, gravel, rocks and coral in the tank to one side... he builds these huge mountains on one side of the tank and leaves only the glass on the other side... each time I go in to clean the tank I level off the sand and gravel and move the rocks back, he goes crazy and starts attacking me... than within a few days the mountain is rebuilt... I have had saltwater aquariums for years and have never encountered this behavior.. it's amazing to watch him work tirelessly and I am actually starting to feel bad about re-arranging his home...:-)

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Anonymous - 2011-05-17
He is building a place to sleep. You need to provide a cave for him.

kevin hill - 2004-07-24
the triggerfish that you have listed as a brown trigger is more known as the white tailed trigger. it is very agressive, much like the undulated trigger. although I think that it is not as agressive. the white tail does have alot of personality much like the huma trigger.

Clayton - 2011-08-27
I have had a Niger Trigger for about 2 years, and he is an excellent reef-mate. When I got him, I was told to be careful for smaller fish, inverts, my diadema and other smaller creatures. Other than 2x having my fingers in the water (yes, ouch!!), my trigger has been a fantastic addition to my 180g DT. He leaves the little guys alone, and is not really all that aggressive to existing and new fish. He eats absolutely all foods I give, and is living the fat and happy life. he is probably 5-6 inches currently with fantastic streamers.

Michelle - 2011-07-19
I recently got a saltwater aquarium as a surprise from my husband upon my return from Hawaii, and I was thrilled to find a Picasso Triggerfish, but am concerned because a friend who lives and dives in Hawaii says they are almost on the endangered list. Is this true?

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Charlie Roche - 2011-07-20
The Picasso Triggerfish (also called the Lagoon) primarily live in Lagoons and its predators are mostly larger triggerfish and then obviously man. I can't find anything that says they are close to being endangered. If a species or a breed goes on an endangered list - then usually it is adressed as a problem and a group or organization will do what they can to make sure it is not endangered. It doesn't always work but so far much luck with it. However, I see nothing where it is endangered. It is a beuatiful fish - enjoy it. Congratulations

dorthy anne - 2010-03-18
I have a blue triggerfish and it digs holes so what i would suggest to stop the digging is don't put sand or dirt on the floor of the aquarium so there will be nothing to scratch at.

steve - 2011-01-26
I had an undulated with a yellow tang, a lion fish and a very fast damsel. When the trigger got mad he would actually change colors, kind of an electric blue striped brown color. And I swear when he got really mad he would grunt or bark at the other fish. I called him cave boy because he only came out to kill something. I eventually returned him for a huma, much better tank mate.

LC - 2010-12-20
I got a 5-6"ondulatus trigger! He ate a 6" panther grouper,5" niger,4'5" picasso! He's a beautiful KILLER! They were in a 75 gallon tank! Got along all together for about 2 years till one day he decided to be alone! Within a week he ate the other fish! He's been alone for about six months now! I'm working on getting a nice size lion fish! Can't wait.

Julia - 2010-03-13
Yah, I have to do a report at scool and I found this website it's the best I've found yet!

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chessintra - 2010-11-11
Same here it's so good.

Daniel - 2010-10-06
I have a Huma Huma Trigger in a 180 gallon tank does well with my corals and pulsating xenia have had no problems with him so far awesome fish.

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