clown trigger fish question

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I recently bought a baby clown trigger fish from a local pet store. The sales person said the fish would work in my 55 gallon tank, which has a percula clown, 35 lbs. of live rock, 3 sea urchins, a bi-color blenny, and a lot of reef cleaners. I was reading on drsfostersmith.com about this fish just to make sure what i was told was correct and found out that this is a very aggressive fish. Since I read different than I was told, can anyone tell me if it will be safe to keep this fish with my other inhabitants?
Also, if anyone viewing this website lives in SE wisconsin, can you tell me which fish/pet store you prefer to go to, because I'm not getting proper information from the ones that I normally go to. Thank you.
-Dave
 
firstly, NEVER TRUST THE INFO YOU GET AT THE FISH/PET STORE, do your research, and don't listen to what they say at the pet store, and, you should have made a stocking list for the tank before you even bought a single pice of equipment IMO.

secondly, no, it's probably not a good idea to keep him in there much longer, although he *might be OK until you either get rid of him or get another AND bigger tank for him, acording to this link, the fish grows to about 20" and a 120g (48"x24"x24") will just barely give him enough room to turn around when he gets that big.
 
dorkfish said:
firstly, NEVER TRUST THE INFO YOU GET AT THE FISH/PET STORE, do your research, and don't listen to what they say at the pet store, and, you should have made a stocking list for the tank before you even bought a single pice of equipment IMO.

secondly, no, it's probably not a good idea to keep him in there much longer, although he *might be OK until you either get rid of him or get another AND bigger tank for him, acording to this link, the fish grows to about 20" and a 120g (48"x24"x24") will just barely give him enough room to turn around when he gets that big.
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I am not trying to start a debate here, but I do take a little offense to what was said here. I had worked in a lfs for a while, and myself am into saltwater tanks. I was one of the few that would not give wrong advise on purpose, and would not try to "just make a sale." Now, don't get me wrong, there are a lot of lfs out there that will do just that. There are also some that will do what they can to help others get established into this hobby, and done so the right way.

Bradd
 
Well what i can say is that you have learnt a valuable lesson (unfortunately the hard way), research first, buy later.

Yes some LFS are Dodgey ad some are great. but you must remember that the people at the store are not going to be corerct all the time, and i think it is always better to find out what it is that you are after.

You can always ask the fish store to hold it for you.

cheers
Dean
 
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