upon closer inspection today it appears that he is quite bloated ?? i havent seen him eat for a few days so im starting to think its bacterial? ? i did a 6.5 minute fresh dip when i introduced him to the tank over a week ago. he was eating the next day if that makes any difference... ???

My niger trigger has been doing this for nearly 2 years now. He is hiding in his cave all day long, only coming out for feeding and then returning to his cave. Once in a while he comes out, have a little swim around and back into his cave. That's it, that's his life.

I have absolutely no aggressive fish in my tank, a cleaner wrasse, copperband butterfly, a few cardinal, 2 occelaris clownfish and 2 mandarins. No aggressive fish at all. I never understood why he was so shy, as he never was attacked by anything.

died.. wierd??

Sorry to hear that
Sucks when ya don't know what happened