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06/26/2007, 09:27 AM
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07/12/2007, 11:05 PM
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I'll post pics when I bring him home. I went to see him today at the lfs and he just came in yesterday. He was hiding behind the tank filter, but when I asked the manager to feed him, he did eat and he looked better. I think it is acclimation stuff I am seeing. The fish seems in good health and was in very good spirits after he was fed. I decided to leave him at the store til tomorrow so that I don't shock him by trying to move him twice in 48 hours. What do you all think? Should I pick him up tomorrow, or wait a week. He is in with a bunch of tangs that also were in the same shipment and I know they can be ich magnets. I'd hate for him to get ich.
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07/13/2007, 07:57 AM
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One Move is easier than two.
Feed your Tassel a mixture of meaty foods and greens, (no large chunks), they need greens daily. These are top dwellers, once established. Tassels get large, think of a dinner plate so they need height and width when it comes to tank size, if you have power-heads, make sure there are guards on them. The Tassel should be kept with tank mates that will not pick at them, though they have a tough skin, they still have the delicate tassels, if they are bullied, they can turn on a fish, this is a passive fish that can hold it's own. Kaye
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07/13/2007, 09:56 AM
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I have my buddy for about 2 years, he grew from a 1 1/4" to the 6" fat monkey that swims in his tank now, by far my favorite fish, he likes to eat and eat and eat
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07/13/2007, 11:09 AM
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07/13/2007, 06:38 PM
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Nice tank, I just brought mine home and nobody is messing with hims at all. With him I brought a 3 inch niger trigger because it always decreases aggression to put 2 fish in at once. My purple tang hates him. He won't let the niger come out of this one cave. Any suggestions? I will post some picture of my guy.
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07/14/2007, 07:03 AM
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Nice find
 BTW, pinkie is right about the clown trigger. It is likely to be trouble.
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07/14/2007, 08:53 AM
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I've got one that is about 2 inches long, it's been pretty easy to keep, he eats right out of the feeding tube no problems, although he is picky on exactly what he likes. All my friends and family call him the "Garbage fish" because of how he looks.
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07/14/2007, 11:55 AM
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I doubt the trigger will harm him, this guy has a trigger temper of his own. I've found the larger tassles to be very aggressive despite what the internet says probably considering they are so closely related to triggers. I've had tassles before and they aren't as peaceful as claimed the larger they get. filefish This guy is also alot bigger than the 5 inch clown clown the second pic is his actual size.
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07/14/2007, 12:33 PM
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IMO - As a keeper of this fish (filefish) for a few years now, Yes they can become more aggressive, and taking into consideration that your clown has "a trigger temper of his own", and they all do, my money would be on the trigger.
I have not seen many fish a clown trigger could not take out if it wanted to. Yes, some do great when housed with other tank-mates, But majority rules when it comes to this trigger. I would really watch that trigger, take into consideration it's still young, but please do not rule it out. Kaye
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07/14/2007, 01:36 PM
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No, the file has a trigger temper of his own not the clown. Currently right now the file is top fish, I am not going to rule the clown trigger out but I've kept these files before and have found if no one picks at their tassles they can hold their own to aggressive fish.
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07/14/2007, 03:13 PM
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Anyone ever keep a clown trigger successfully in a FO situation where the clown trigger didn't "snap" and stayed peaceful? My guy was purchased last Dec. at 2 inches in size. He is now 5 inches. He holds his own in an aggressive FO tank, but I am concerned about increasing agression as he gets bigger. At the moment, he isn't my problem fish. I have more difficulty with my huge purple tang and emperor angel who "stir it up" with everyone new and old fish alike. I haven't seen many posts from people who have successfully kept clown triggers for years at a time. If anyone like this is out there, could you please respond?
As far as problems between the clown trigger and large filefish are concerned, they are minimal at this point because large filefish are terrors in their own right and "size rules". Issues may arise down the line if my clown trigger passes up my other fish in size which he may do. That is the situation that does concern me. |
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07/14/2007, 03:21 PM
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Your trigger is right around the size that the attitude problems typically start. Often it's one of those routines where things are good one day, and the next day the trigger has magically transformed overnight into Atilla the Hun of the fish world. On rare occasions I've seen large clown's that weren't overly aggressive, but we're talking very rare occasions.
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