Blue Lined Triggerfish: complete guide

A beautiful Triggerfish that also has some coloration on it that you can find anywhere, this is the Blue Lined Triggerfish.

All About

Prices: You will have to spend $60 for a little juvenile. Normally upwards to about $80-$100 if you want to have a decent-sized one. They are not the cheapest Triggerfish in the market.

Tank Size: Most of the Triggers can grow really big, up to about a foot long in the aquarium, if you put them in a large enough one. So, by the time they get the full size and they actually hit that foot-long; you need a 300-gallon to house a fish that big.

But normally when you get them, they are about 2-3 inches long, and you will need about a 120-gallon to take care of them. But do realize that they might grow that foot-long and then you would have to upgrade.

Care Level: Super easy Triggerfish to get, super easy to take care of. They are really good about eating right on the spot and they are pretty healthy. 

Temperament: They are very aggressive. They are not as aggressive when they are younger. But they are known to get really aggressive as they get older. So, you will definitely want some housing with other fish who can hold their own with them.

Reef Safe: Triggers are not really big on picking at corals, the main problem with them is that they eat your cleanup crew like your starfish, your snail, your shrimp's, etc. They are gonna pick them off fast, they will eat them up. So, you would definitely not have a cleanup crew if your reef tank. 

So, most of the time it's not really the best idea to put them in your reef tank, plus they will go after your other smaller fish. 

Temperature: You want to keep it 72-78 degrees Fahrenheit.

dKH: 8-12

pH: 8.1-8.4

Salinity: 1.020-1.025

Maximum Size: most of the Trigger go a foot long eventually over the years.

Colors: It has a color that everybody loves. A yellow body with the crazy blue lines going all over him. As this fish gets older their body continues to get more covered by those blue lines. 

Diet: They are carnivores. Most of the time the favorite thing to feed is clams on the half-shell. Another good thing to feed them is shrimp, basic just raw shrimp from the grocery store.

Origin: They come from Sri Lanka, because of that most of the time you will find them out of stock in a bunch of places. They are kind of hard to get.

Compatibility: House them with other tough fishes as a juvenile, larger tangs, or other predatory fish, like triggers, puffers, different fishes like that. 

Make Sure

Make sure that with this fish you have plenty of rocks and cave in the tank for them to swim around in. A lot of times they get frightened whenever they sleep, they like to lock themselves in a cave, sometimes even upside down, and sometimes they will just stay there until the morning. So, don't freak out if you see him like that.

These fishes are also big-time on rearranging the rock and sand, at times looking for food. So, if he is blowing around fish too much, you definitely want to watch your filters and make sure they are not getting too stopped up from him.

Other than that they are hit on pretty much everything. They are very easy to take care of but they can definitely be aggressive and they do get pretty large.

 

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