Advice for fish that go well with a Trigger

[Belegul]

So, I'm just finishing filling my new 150 5x2x2 tank; after my cycle, I'm gonna add some fish. I hear that's the point of a fish tank

The impetus for this tank was my wife's desire for a humuhumu trigger fish. We both find them gorgeous fish; so... the tank is definitely gonna have a humuhumu.

However, where we're both VERY open to suggestions, is what are some fish that can get along well with a humu? We've both read books, and have a small list of fish that some sources say are ok, some say are not ok... w/e. So I thought I'd ask the experts. So, anybody out there who has a fowlr with a humu in it, what fish have you found that get along well with it?

Thanks in advance!
-Matt

 

[pudge_cat]

I kept one for about 5 years. He maxed out at about 5 inches. He was with a large (4 inch) Tomatoe clown and a Foxface for most of that time and got along fine. Very cool fish. Smart. Ate everything, including the cleaner crew.

 

[thelizardkin]

When a fish can not stay with another the solution is partition of your tank or try to arrange another tank.Basically its due to behavior which are naturally.Probably like blood parrot is a very aggressive nature fish so you must have to arrange a separate tank for that fish.

blood parrot? the only bp i know is fw

 

[pudge_cat]

I should mention one mishap. He killed a Juvenile Orange Shoulder Tang I had by accident. They both went for the same peice of food and the trigger clamped down on the tangs jaw, breaking it. I saw it happen and had to watch the tang swim around for 2 weeks with half his jaw hanging off until he died of starvation because he couldn't eat. I guess the lesson is avoid fragile tank mates. I'd imagine a full grown tang probably would have been OK.:idea:

 

[deepblue68]

dont plan on keeping anything smaller then the hummu itself.mine hunts down anything i put in the tank! he's a very aggressive fish. go with hardy and aggressive fish .foxface,puffer and a wrasse would be good.i would avoid chromis or damsels meal for a trigger.

 

[Ceebuano]

I had a chance to keep a couple of triggers on 2 separate occassions.a humu and an undulate..before i gave them up for adoption they we're housed with a Half Black Angelfish, a False Percula, a Sailfin tang, and some damsels (3 stripe and BLue damsels)..bad experience for me though since they pushed around some of my rocks and it ended up wiping out my red striped goby a few days after i introduced them to the tank....

 

[Snapper66]

Groupers are Excellent Choice

 

[MrTuskfish]

Groupers are Excellent Choice

IMO, a 150 is too small for any grouper.

To the OP: What kind of fish are you looking at? Its tough to just randomly throw out fish species.

 

[namxas]

I kept a picasso about 20 years ago. I assume you mean R. aculeatus and not R. rectangulus, as both are known as humuhumunukunukuapua'a in HI. I had the fish for a number of years. It was housed with a Diodon puffer, a red soldierfish, a SFE and a volitans lion.

The trigger was added last to an established community as a fairly small specimen. It quickly decided it wanted to be the "boss" of the tank, but made the mistake of rushing in front of the lion to steal a chunk of food. The trigger ended up impaling itself on the lion's dorsal spines, and died within a month. Once I added the trigger, no newcomer was tolerated by it.

I suppose what I'm saying is figure out your stocking plan and add the trigger last. It was a great fish, and they are definitely gorgeous.

 

[thelizardkin]

IMO, a 150 is too small for any grouper.

To the OP: What kind of fish are you looking at? Its tough to just randomly throw out fish species.

A commet would work

 

[jhentr]

Well, I have three triggers (PinkTail, Blue Jaw, and a juvi Clown) that gets along great with Tangs, large angels, chromis, and clowns. I can say the Pinktail and the blue jaw will be fine with those for a long time. But I can't say the clown will get along with it's small tankmates such as chromis when it grows up.

I would think your humu being less agressive than clowns should be fine with the mention fishes if introduce last. I've introduced other fishes in after the triggers and they don't even blink an eye. My tangs on the other hand...

 

[huig]

I think a 150 g tank is too small for a R. aculeatus, it should have been at least 300 g.

Instead you could look at Canthigaster valentini which remains a lot smaller but looks a liitle bit like a humuhumu and definately are fish with a nice 'character'.