CLOWN TRIGGER a good first fish?

Save yourself some heartache now. Clown triggers & all other fish can/will jump out of the tank. Even if you put eggcrate on the top do something.

90 is actually a little small for a CT as they will grow big fast, up to 20 inches. They will also eat any other organism that is in your tank.

If you do you will need other larger predatory fish if you want anything else in your tank.

 

get a sheet of egg crate from menards, ($12) Then you can cut to fit very easily.

They are a beautiful fish BTW. I read they can even be trained.

 

What size clown trigger? It will probably kill everything except maybe the damsels. You may get lucky and get a more docile clown trigger. Feeding it feeder goldfish may make it more aggressive. Be sure the trigger is in good shape before you buy it. You'll need a top, maybe even some weight on top of the eggcrate. What other aggressive fish do you want to keep with it? I've had a lot of larger aggressive fish and found that the order of introduction into the tank sometimes plays a role in the dominance. Read up on the fish you are interested in. How did you get ich?

 

I've seen a smaller clown trigger do well in a reeftank with smaller fish.

 

You'll find eggcrate at menards/lowes/homedepot in the building material or lighting section - in the section of lighting diffuser material. Eggcrate is just another plastic/synthetic diffuser material for lighting, but the difference is it has openings - it looks like a checkerboard only with holes. It will come in 2x4 ft sheets. It also will come in 2 colors - white and silver. It's normally $10 to $12 per sheet. I recently found a piece at homedepot for $5 - it had a corner damaged, which didn't bother me, but rendered it useless otherwise.