Pinktail Triggerfish
Pinktail Triggerfish
(Melichthys vidua)
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Care Level: Easy
Color: Green, Red and Yellow
Diet: Carnivore
dKH: 8 - 12
Family: Balistidae
Maximum Size: 14"
Minimum Tank Size: 180 Gallons
pH: 8.1 - 8.4
Reef Compatible: With Caution
Specific Gravity: 1.020-1.025
Temperament: Aggressive
Temperature: 72 - 78° F
Venomous: No
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Overview
The Pinktail Triggerfish has a handsome emerald-green body and a bright pink tail. Yellow accents the body at the face and pectoral fins with darker flecks on the scales.
A 180 gallon or larger aquarium with rocks and caves provides a good environment. With caution, it can be housed in a reef aquarium, but will eat any crustacean and small fish.
The Pinktail Triggerfish needs a varied diet of meaty foods including; squid, krill, clams, small fish and hard shelled shrimp to help wear down their ever growing teeth.
Approximate Purchase Size: Small: 1-1/2" to 2-1/2"; Small/Medium: 2-1/2" to 3"; Medium 3" to 4"; Medium/Large: 4" to 5"; Large 5" to 7"; XLarge: 7" or Larger