Do triggerfish eat fish?

Do triggerfish eat fish?

These fish are carnivores and they spend their days eating crabs, shrimp, sea urchins, worms and other invertebrates. They will also pick at clams and other animals attached to corals, which makes it look like they are eating from the coral. You may also see triggerfish eating other smaller fish.

What can I feed my trigger fish?

Hawaiian Black Triggerfish (Melichthys niger) is an omnivore that can be fed a mixed diet of shrimp, squid, clams, fish, and other meaty fares suitable for carnivores, as well as marine algae and vitamin-enriched herbivore foods. This triggerfish will normally do well in an aquarium with other fish of the same species.

How often do you feed Niger trigger?

Feeding: Offer the Niger Trigger a mixed diet of mysis shrimp, silversides and other meaty foods 4-6 times per week. Soaking all fish food with vitamins will help keep your fish healthier and make them less susceptible to disease.

Do trigger fish taste good?

Triggerfish is not limited in flavor. The clean white meat that tastes similar to sweet crab meat when cooked will bring a lot of depth and flavor to your fish recipes. The sweetness is somewhat similar to grouper and a slightly more shellfish-y than something like a sheepshead, but unique in its own way.

Is trigger fish good for you?

Triggerfish is very, very good eating. PITA to clean but excellent table fare. They will ruin your knife so use one you don’t care about but, yes good to eat. You can cook it whole, there is a lot of meat in the head, then you don’t have to skin it.

How do you get a triggerfish to eat?

You don’t want to hide the flavor of the triggerfish by smothering it with too many ingredients. One of the most convenient and fast cooking methods for triggerfish is to oven roast it. The very simple cooking process can turn into an elegant meal. Your oven should be heated to 350 degrees.

Can you keep multiple triggerfish together?

Introduction. As mentioned above, certain species of Triggerfish are more appropriate than others for long-term cohabitation with other fish species. More than one Triggerfish from this genus can even be kept in the same tank, but they should be introduced at the same time to avoid serious territorial aggression.

How fast does a Niger trigger grow?

Both nigers I’ve had in my own tanks grew quickly. The first was about the size of a quarter when we got him, and was over 3″ by the end of the year, and over 5″ by the next year. The second grew started at about 4″, and was 6″ within a year, so I guess about 2″/year has been the norm for me.