Niger triggerfish personality?

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Originally Posted by daniella3d

Hi,

I have a little niger triggerfish in my aquarium and it is very very skittish. Nothing bold in that little fish at all. Not a mean bone either.

He does not attack my shrimp, nor the crabs, nor the fish.

I got him at 3" and kept it in quarantine for 6 weeks (treated it for one popeye) and now he's 5" and he's been in my main tank for 2 weeks but he's so skittish! Is that normal?

Any sudden move and he dash like mad in the liverock, so much that sometime he gets scratches on his side. I have read that a niger trigger will get bold with age but when? I guess each one has its own personality but I just hope he'll get a little more confident.

Nobody is attacking the trigger and he's bold at time of eating (eats like an ogre!) but as soon as he finish eating he's his old self again and back to skittish mode.

I thought these fish were bold and fearless?

Mine was really bold would try to search my hand for food everytime I put it in , he rarely hid only during nighttime and he usually had an area to him self, maybe he's still just cautious because of quarantine I'd say give hm some time and you know the way to a fishes heart is through his stomach cheers