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Can a Clown Triggerfish Live With a Sixline Wrasse?

✗ Not recommended in most tanks

Verdict from our compatibility engine, assuming a typical 90-gallon reef tank. Score: 0/100.

Why

  • Reef safety hard block: Not reef-safe — Clown Triggerfish will damage coral/inverts
  • Sixline Wrasse (semi-aggressive) fits community

It can work if…

  • Reef safety concern — relocate or rehome before adding to a reef tank

Both species at a glance

Clown Triggerfish

Balistoides conspicillum

Aggression:
aggressive
Min tank:
20 gallons
Reef safe:
unsafe
Diet:
carnivore

Full Clown Triggerfish care guide →

Sixline Wrasse

Pseudocheilinus hexataenia

Aggression:
semi-aggressive
Min tank:
40 gallons
Reef safe:
safe
Diet:
carnivore

Full Sixline Wrasse care guide →

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