Triggerfish Parental Care
Posted by Shari Horowitz in Tropical Fish Hobbyist Blog on July 27, 2011 at 9:59 am
Female crosshatch triggerfish Xanthichthys mento. Photograph by Keoki Stender.
Triggers are rough-and-tumble reef dwellers that often create problems in a community aquarium, but those from the genus Xanthichthys are comparably peaceful and can sometimes even be housed in a reef tank. Learn all about those “Marvelous Triggers” in Edward Adam Jackson’s article in the September 2011 issue of TFH http://www.tfhdigital.com/tfh/201109/#pg99.
Also, check out this video of Xanthichthys triggerfish parental care in the wild. Triggerfish Parental Care
I like the line, ” … comparably peaceful and can sometimes even be housed in a reef tank.” Those incorrigible triggers