Let’s see them Triggers!

[Jay Z]

I know more than myself love them and care for them. Let’s see them triggers! Besides puffers I think they are one of the most entertaining and smartest fish you can get. Also got to love them personalities!

Here’s my new pair showing my dumb tangs how to eat algae.

 

[pjdiddy]

Looking to get an either Niger or Blue throat, anyone has experience how they behave around corals?

 

[JasonK84]

Here is Pablo the Picasso triggerfish.

 

[Jay Z]

Here is Pablo the Picasso triggerfish.

Lol. He just has that look like “seriously? another picture?”

 

[JasonK84]

Lol. He just has that look like “seriously? another picture?”

I’m shocked that you have 2 clown triggers in the same tank. I ordered 2 Picasso triggers and as soon as they hit the drip acclimation bucket the fight was on. I separated them and tried again in the 20 gallon QT. Nope, they were having no part of each other. I ordered them from LA but took 1 to my LFS for store credit so 1 didn’t end up killing the other. Did you buy them as a pair or just get lucky that they tolerate each other? How long do you think they’ll tolerate each other?

 

[ReefHomieJon]

how are those close triggers doing in your reef tank?? What else do you keep in there?? I want one but they aren’t “reef safe” or so I hear

 

[Jay Z]

Actually I was nervous when I added the second. They did the shaking dance and standoff. Couple quick trips around the tank back and forth. Then all of the sudden their best friends. From previous experience they should maintain a good relation ship.

I was prepared to take the new one back if need be. I knew it might not work.

Got lucky on my second mandarin too. They did the same thing and worked out fine.

 

[Jay Z]

how are those close triggers doing in your reef tank?? What else do you keep in there?? I want one but they aren’t “reef safe” or so I hear

Triggers are pretty smart. They only seem to get into trouble when bored. They are very curious and inspect/play with everything. They spend most there day chasing and eating pods or rearranging snail shells, they move them around the tank.

Just softies and Lps in this tank. Along with flame angel, coral beauty, watchman goby, clown goby, pair of mandarins, 5 line wrasse, blue streak wrasse, hippo, tomoni, and purple tang. 2 anemone crabs, 3 peppermints, 2 skunks, sally light foot, harlequin, Pom Pom with no Pom poms, we refer to him as just “crab” 30 or so hermits and 50+snails.

I spend a lot of time watching them. They don’t seem to bother anything. Actually I’ve never had a trigger go rogue yet. Knock on wood.

I’ve never had them with sps at all. So I can not comment on how they act with those.

 

[UCF Alum]

Here’s my blue throat.
He’s one of my favorites!

 

[mwrobers]

Blue Throat...eating pellet for the photo. No coral, but snails, crabs and two peppermint shrimp. No issues with the bonded clown pair, and I have a Yellow Tang in QT.

 

[ReefHomieJon]

Triggers are pretty smart. They only seem to get into trouble when bored. They are very curious and inspect/play with everything. They spend most there day chasing and eating pods or rearranging snail shells, they move them around the tank.

Just softies and Lps in this tank. Along with flame angel, coral beauty, watchman goby, clown goby, pair of mandarins, 5 line wrasse, blue streak wrasse, hippo, tomoni, and purple tang. 2 anemone crabs, 3 peppermints, 2 skunks, sally light foot, harlequin, Pom Pom with no Pom poms, we refer to him as just “crab” 30 or so hermits and 50+snails.

I spend a lot of time watching them. They don’t seem to bother anything. Actually I’ve never had a trigger go rogue yet. Knock on wood.

I’ve never had them with sps at all. So I can not comment on how they act with those.

Can u post a pic of your whole tank? And that’s pretty cool. I want a few predators in my reef too lol smh a clown trigger and a panther grouper. Get em small and cross my fingers....0

 

[ReefHomieJon]

Here’s my blue throat.
He’s one of my favorites!

That’s super cool seeing triggers in reef tanks

 

[HB AL]

Triggers have been my favorite fish since I started keeping saltwater tanks 30+ years ago. Here are a couple pics of my current ones, an Assasi, Sargassum, Blueline, and a Clown trigger.

 

[ScottR]

Here is Pablo the Picasso triggerfish.

He looks like a mob boss. Totally love this pic. Should get photo of the month award for this.

 

[Jay Z]

Have to excuse my torch and hammer on the bottom. I accidentally nuked them with my new light last month. They are on the rebound and growing again.

Best I could get tonight. Lights are on the way out.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Dang! I love triggers!!

 

[mta_morrow]

My first trigger, a female blue throat.

Seriously considering getting a male

 

[JasonK84]

He looks like a mob boss. Totally love this pic. Should get photo of the month award for this.

I’ll take all the wonderful banners I can get!!

 

[Dragon52]

Here's Mine

 

[vetteguy53081]

I know more than myself love them and care for them. Let’s see them triggers! Besides puffers I think they are one of the most entertaining and smartest fish you can get. Also got to love them personalities!

Here’s my new pair showing my dumb tangs how to eat algae.

That's crazy pretty - Two of them ??? NICE