Should I get a titian trigger?

[psilentchild]

I have access to a 2 foot long trigger. It out grow the owners 110 gallon tank. I think it would it would eat my current fish plus I read they were aggressive. He told me that they only time they are mean is when they are breeding. I think I should pass but I said I would come on here and get more advise. My tank is 10 feet long 430 gallon. My current fish are a vlaminngi tang, annularis angel, flame angel, bicolor angel, coral beauty, lunare wrasse, magnificent foxface, maroon clown and a yellow tang.

 

[gmate]

I heard these guys will destroy your aquascape unless the rocks are drilled together. It's what they do in the wild.

 

[fish042099]

I heard these guys will destroy your aquascape unless the rocks are drilled together. It's what they do in the wild.

would a sargassum trigger do the same?

 

[E.D.E]

would a sargassum trigger do the same?

Nope. Only the really big and mean triggers rearrange your rocks to a degree where you'll see a significant change.

 

[psilentchild]

So am I right bout what would happen if I get this fish? It will be a free fish.

 

[enjetek]

It most likely will kill everything and destroy your tank. Read up on what they do in the wild.

 

[Recty]

I wouldnt add this fish in with any fish I cared about. Big triggers can be gentle and they can be mean, depending on a variety of factors. And even if it never SNAPS and kills a fish, every other fish in the tank is going to be dwarfed by it and live in fear, you'll be introducing a lot of stress to all the other inhabitants.

Plus, a 2' long, probably 4-6" wide fish, will need to eat a LOT to maintain health, can your filtration keep up with small dog sized poop 2-3 times a day being dumped into the water. Do you want to have to feed that much? Even if you only fed one big meal a day, you're probably looking at feeding a cup or two of marine type meat daily to keep it satisfied.

All things to think about... I really think BIG triggers, anything over the 1' range, really either need to be in a species only tank or else only with other really tough and sturdy fish.

 

[LisaD]

I think it would be a bad move. Besides being very large, these are aggressive triggers. Your tank, compared to the ocean, is not that much space. Unless you want a tank with *just* a titan triggerfish, I'd pass.

Read this (link below), and note comments on the queen trigger, which is smaller than the titan and probably similar in aggression. The author states that even in a 500 gallon tank, he'd expect a queen triggger to kill all other fish in the tank.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-08/dc/index.php

 

[MrTuskfish]

This trigger would literally eat several of your fish. Big triggers are carnivores and won't hesitate to attack and eat a dwarf angel; usually grabbing it by the belly and going from there. I've seen this more than once with large clown and undulated triggers.

 

[bsagecko]

Simple answer: NO

 

[psilentchild]

Thanks. That's what I thought