Saltwater Fish
Pink-tailed Triggerfish.
A dark-bodied trigger with a striking pink-white tail and yellow-edged fins — one of the more reef-tolerant triggers, with caution. It grows large and is best in a big 180-gallon-plus tank with rockwork and tankmates that can hold their own.
Live fish are priced per supplier batch — prices may vary. Call to confirm current pricing.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
Every animal is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it reaches the sales floor. This is a species we carry — it's most likely in the tanks around delivery days, but live stock changes daily. Please call (814) 456-9445 to confirm availability before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Intermediate
- Temperament
- Semi aggressive
- Community
- Semi community
- Adult size
- 14"
- Min tank size
- 180 gallons
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Scientific name
- Melichthys vidua
Good tank mates
One of the more easygoing triggerfish, it can share a large tank with similarly sturdy fish like tangs, larger wrasses, and other semi-aggressive species, but it is still a triggerfish and may bully smaller or timid tankmates. It is not fully reef-safe: it generally leaves corals alone but is likely to eat ornamental shrimp, small crabs, snails, and other inverts. Avoid housing it with very small, delicate fish or any prized cleanup-crew inverts, and give it a big tank with caves to claim.
Good to know
Unlike many of its more aggressive relatives, the pink-tailed triggerfish feeds heavily on algae and zooplankton in the wild, which makes it one of the calmer triggers in the trade.
Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice before you buy.
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Erie, PA.
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