White Tip Trigger Fish - Sufflamen chrysopterus - White Tail - Halfmoon Triggerfish - Whitetip Triggerfish

White Tip Trigger Fish - Sufflamen chrysopterus: The Halfmoon Trigger fish, also known as the White Tip Triggerfish, or Whitetail Triggerfish, has a brownish-black body with a blue underbelly. Yellow highlights the operculum and caudal fin (tail), which has a white tip.

A 125 gallon or larger aquarium with rocks and caves provides a good habitat, although it may rearrange the landscaping and rocks to its liking. It vocalizes using a "grunting" sound.

The White tip Trigger fish is a popular aggressive tank mate. Though mild mannered as juveniles it will learn to not only feed from owners' fingers but feed on owners' fingers if given the chance. Belligerence will increase with age. Should be kept with fish the same size or larger. May bite eather tubes, air-line tubing and disrupt aquarium aquascaping. Like many triggers they can be taught to accept hand feedings and will often learn to grunt in participation or an attempt to talk you into a feeding.

Maximum Size: This species grows to 10 inches in length.

General Size: This White tip trigger fish is about seven to eight inches in length.

Minimum Tank Size Suggested: A 125 gallon or larger aquarium provides a good environment for these White tip trigger fish.

Tank Conditions: The White tip trigger fish should ideally be kept in temperatures between 72 and 78 degrees Fahrenheit. A pH value of 8.1 or 8.4, and a specific gravity of 1.020 to 1.025 should be maintained. When kept with invertebrates, the specific gravity range should be 1.020 to 1.025, for the invertebrate species. In a fish only aquarium, the specific gravity should fall between 1.020 and 1.023.

Habitat: The White tip trigger fish occurs on coral reefs in tropical marine waters of the Indo-Pacific. In Australia, the White tip trigger fish is known from central to north-western Western Australia and from the entire length of the Great Barrier Reef south to northern New South Wales.

Feeding and Diet: The White Tip Trigger Fish diet consist of meaty foods such as live shrimps, live fishes and sometimes crustacean flesh. They are carnivorous.

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