Pregnant Triggerfish?

CountOfMonteCristo · 11-13-2005, 07:56 PM

How Can I Tell If My Bursa Triggerfish Is Pregnant? She Is Really Active But Has Slowed Down For The Past Few Weeks And Kind Of Sits In The Corner When Im In The Room. She Just Sits There And Stares At Me. She Shows No Physical Signs Of Being Sick ( Gashes , Rashes , Etc) So Im Wondering If Shes Pregnant. Thanks

DebsSisterFlo · 11-13-2005, 07:59 PM

I know it's coming so I'll be first to ask:

what are the water parameters?
how big is the tank?
can you post pics? haha, we love pics... and WELCOME TO TRT!!!

CountOfMonteCristo · 11-13-2005, 08:02 PM

Its A 55 Gallon , Picasso Trigger , Bursa Trigger , Niger Trigger , Yellow Tang , Black And White Striped Damsel , I Have An Eel That They Said Was A Zebra But Its Not . It Looks Like A Snowflake But Theres No Yellow. I Have Black And Red Sand And Some Live Rock.

DebsSisterFlo · 11-13-2005, 08:06 PM

ammonia, nitrite, nitrate levels, temp?

CountOfMonteCristo · 11-13-2005, 08:12 PM

Those Are All Fine Except The Nitrate Level Is A Little High. They Eat Everything I Put In There So Theres No Extra Food Sitting Around. Im Gonna Do A Water Change And I Think My Nitrate Sponge In The Filter Is At The End Of Its Spongeability.im Not An Overfeeder So They Must Be Poopin It Up Lol !! Im Just Wondering. I Dont Think She Is Sick Or That Any Of The Levels Are Stressing Her Out.

Cosine · 11-13-2005, 08:26 PM

IMO that's a lot of fish for that tank and aggressive fish too... aggression may be an issue to watch out for

DebsSisterFlo · 11-13-2005, 08:42 PM

I second what Cosine said. Stress from an overstocked tank will lead to death... I'm not sure, but I think you should only have one trigger at most in a tank of that size... a second opinion here would be helpful tho as I'm pretty new yet, to salt anyways. I would love to see a pic of that tank tho!