Blue throat triggers

[stephen_g]

Has anyone has any experience with blue throats? I picked up a 4" male/female pair yesterday for less than $100.

Was kinda an impulse buy but I did read that a lot of people have had luck with them in their reef tanks.

Thanks everyone

 

[melypr1985]

Nice buy! Beautiful fish

 

[143MPCo]

have, correction, had a pair they where (for me at least) model citizens...
the male just past away leaving the female running solo for the time being..
I have a full mixed reef and neither have even been seen nipping at anything, not even the shrimp!

 

[redfishbluefish]

Safest trigger for a reef tank. I had a pair for some time and never had a problem with corals. I think my male eventually did in a very large coral banded shrimp I had. They use to play a game where the trigger would approach the shrimp and the shrimp would extend those pincers all the way out and stand off the trigger. It was amusing. I'm guessing trigger boy caught the shrimp sleeping and he was history.

 

[stephen_g]

Sounds like you guys have had the the same experience that most everyone else I read about has had, which is reassuring



Just put them in last night and they're eating like crazy and, surprisingly, not that shy. Almost seems too good to be true lol

Hopefully these turn out to be like the majority and I don't end up with a monster lol

 

[Newb73]

I have a male and am considering a female. He eats out of my hand, has occiassionally gotten excited and tried to bite my finger (feels like a kitten bite). Lots of personality, always out to greet me.

I am interested in hearing about others experience with a pair. Do they have to go in at the same time? They are large/messy eaters. I feed mine krill every other day and always make sure to break off a larger piece of mysis for him on the daily feedings.

Will he be at a disadvantage without a mate?

 

[saltysilverado]

Depends on your filtration and size of tank

 

[eatbreakfast]

I have had them in reef setups individually and in prs. They were safe with corals and inverts in all cases.

 

[Waters]

I also have a male in a reef tank with absolutely zero issues (other than being slightly territorial towards his "hole" in the live rock.) I introduced a Kole Tang that headed directly for his cave....the Trigger eventually chased him out and away. Now they get along fine.

 

[Kworker]

I have a pair in a 180.. Got them both at around 3". Now one is around 5" and the there around 4.5".

It seems if you have two around the same size that both will be females, even if one was male to begin with. I had my male "turn" female for about a year. Just recently (2 months ago) one of the triggers is now a male with the full on yellow fins and blue jaw. They have some spawning behavior which is a bit annoying because they push sand everywhere.

They are great fish and entertaining. They are fat and are the first to eat, it is also possible that they are responsible for shrimp "disappearing".

 

[mrtian97]

I am also considering this fish for my new mixed reef setup, 120 gallon with plan tankmates: yellow tang, clown, 3 yellowtail damsels and 1 wrasse (tbd)

 

[Newb73]

He is doing great. I've added a very timid copper band butterfly as well as a bicolor rabbit. No issues.

 

[mrtian97]

thanks, really interested with this trigger. I will wait until my tank mature more in couple months then I may get a male one (looks better than the female)

 

[JumboShrimp]

Still have your pair of Blue Jaw Triggers? How are they doing?

 

[jda]

X triggers are more reef safe than tangs or angelfish, IMO.

Good artice on the Xanthichthys plantivore triggerfish:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-05/hcs3/index.php

 

[nereefpat]

X triggers are more reef safe than tangs or angelfish, IMO.

Good artice on the Xanthichthys plantivore triggerfish:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-05/hcs3/index.php

That's probably fair. Especially if reef-safe means coral safe.