Niger Triggerfish

Like many triggers, this species can be quite shy when first placed in the tank, but usually becomes very brazen in time. This species is not extremely aggressive. Most individuals can be kept housed in a community aquarium with similarly-sized fishes. You should add your niger trigger to the tank after the more passive species have settled in. Although both juveniles and adults readily acclimate to aquarium life, younger specimens tend to do so with greater ease. Provide this fish with suitable hiding places, like a piece of branching or foliose coral or a chunk of live rock with an appropriate-sized hole for it to retreat into if threatened. Before you take out your aquarium decorations to clean or relocate them, make sure you know where your niger triggerfish is.

Latin Name: Odonus niger

Common Name: Niger trigger

Also known as: Redtooth Triggerfish, Niger Trigerfish, Black Triggerfish, Purple Triggerfish

Origin: Indo Pacific

Minimum Aquarium Size: 55 Gallon

Diet and Feeding: Offer a varied diet of mixed meaty seafoods. Easy to feed.

Difficulty: 5 (5=Easy 1=Difficult)

Reef Compatibility: Can be housed in reefs, harmless to corals, but may nip at sponges, tunicates, ornamental crustaceans an snails. To keep with cleaner shrimps, add the shrimps first.

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