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blueline triggerfish

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Question
How do I tell the sex of a blueline triggerfish? Also, how would I go about mating these kinds of fish?

Answer
Hi there,
I cannot find any information on determining the sex of a trigger fish. I believe there is no known captive breeding of triggers as they go through a very hard stage as juveniles. Most info I have read on Triggers suggests you buy a larger trigger rather than a smaller one as the very small ones have a very high mortality rate (the very small clowns where I am are sold alot cheaper than the larger ones, I assume because they die so easily.) Also the room needed to breed triggers would be enormous and most home aquarists wouldn't have the room or tank size to attempt this. Hope this helps.