Clown Trigger
Hi Bob,
The 2 clowns I mentioned earlier at the LFS, someone brought it before I could get my hand on it. Funny thing was sitting there for month and when you kind of interested its gone.
<More of so and so's rules, eh? Ah, human "nature", perception>
By the way, how big a clown have you come across at your place? Imagine a 18" clown would be like ? I sure would like to keep it. Is it easy to have a pair?
Thanks. David.
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<Only if collected as such and placed in a huge system... thousands, tens of thousands of gallons. A foot and a half is about all this species attains... have never seen them together for long in the wild... have seen many disastrous attempts at housing more than one in a system... Real War.
Bob Fenner>

Sexual differences for clown trigger
Hi Bob,
I'd like to know if is possible to find the difference between male clown trigger and female.
It's very important for me to find them because I 'd like to keep a pair of Balistoides conspicillum
Thank you very much
Lorenzo
<Have heard of various schemes over the years that supposedly can be used to distinguish the sexes of this trigger species... but don't believe any of them myself. And more importantly, this species is very infrequently kept as any more than "one to a tank"... even very large systems (thousands, tens of thousands of gallons). They REALLY fight amongst themselves... even in the wild... almost always encountered (as more than small individuals) singly. If you're going to try this, make sure you have a sturdy tank divider, some place to separate the combatants. Bob Fenner>