Blue Jaw Trigger
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H.reidi.MN
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I have a blue throat female in with some softies and zoas and she is a sweet heart. Wouldn't harm a thing. She is like the mother fish of the aquarium <3
What size tank you have
What size tank you have
I have a DSA 105.Thinking of just putting a male in there right now.
Were you prepared for those losses?
CedzAquAddictio
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I've got a copy in my 225g. Extremely active and attractive fish. Also extremely interactive.
Mine don't eat any coral or inverts that are living, but do play with hermit crabs. The male has this game he plays. He'll go throughout the whole tank, and grab the hermit crabs from the rocks and make a big pile of them in the middle of the tank. Then he'll watch them all scatter about, but he has never has eaten one to my knowledge. I also have several small snails that he doesn't eat either...
I must say that if you are adding anything to the tank, do it at night with the lights off. If you drop anything into the tank from above, they automatically think it's food, and go after it. They sometimes bite before they know what it is. I lost a small wrasse that way...
Mine don't eat any coral or inverts that are living, but do play with hermit crabs. The male has this game he plays. He'll go throughout the whole tank, and grab the hermit crabs from the rocks and make a big pile of them in the middle of the tank. Then he'll watch them all scatter about, but he has never has eaten one to my knowledge. I also have several small snails that he doesn't eat either...
I must say that if you are adding anything to the tank, do it at night with the lights off. If you drop anything into the tank from above, they automatically think it's food, and go after it. They sometimes bite before they know what it is. I lost a small wrasse that way...
Good suggestions about adding anything after lights out.Thinking right now about adding just a male Blue Jaw just so later on I have another fish I can add.
fishmanstan
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Would my 4' 120 reef be suitable for a BJT long-term? If not is there a trigger with similar, reef-safe temperament that would be suitable for a 120?
Thanks
Thanks
H.reidi.MN
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Long term no. My female is already to active and growing fast in my 120, 8 or 10' is in the works for next year
fishmanstan
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Ok. Thank you!
CedzAquAddictio
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Yeah. You may be pushing it in the 120g long term.
Mine started out in a 5ft 120g, and used every inch of it even at their small size. If you try to pair up BJ's, it's best to add them at the same time. I added my female about 2-3 weeks after my male, and it took them almost 4 months before they could tolerate each other. The female started chasing the male upon introduction, then the male started chasing the female, finally the female submitted, then after a while, they decided to spend all of their time together...
A plus is that the BJ's don't harass newcomers like tangs, angels, and such. Once they realize that the newcomer is not food, they ignore them completely...
Mine started out in a 5ft 120g, and used every inch of it even at their small size. If you try to pair up BJ's, it's best to add them at the same time. I added my female about 2-3 weeks after my male, and it took them almost 4 months before they could tolerate each other. The female started chasing the male upon introduction, then the male started chasing the female, finally the female submitted, then after a while, they decided to spend all of their time together...
A plus is that the BJ's don't harass newcomers like tangs, angels, and such. Once they realize that the newcomer is not food, they ignore them completely...
homegrowncichli
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I have a 4" male who doesn't bother any corals, hermit crabs or my cleaner shrimp, though I do find empty shells littered on top of coral heads since he was added. He's pretty shy compared to the other tangs and even my 3' damsels.
I was wondering how often to you feed your triggers. I feed once a day and there's dry food floating around for 15 minutes of continous feeding. He eats as much as he can, untiil he starts spitting food out. Then I through in a cube of frozen shrimp/clam mix so he will eat some more. But by the next day, around 20 hours later, his stomach thins out and he looks emaciated. Unlike the tangs who can forage, I'm uncertain if he can stay on once daily feeding cycle.
I was wondering how often to you feed your triggers. I feed once a day and there's dry food floating around for 15 minutes of continous feeding. He eats as much as he can, untiil he starts spitting food out. Then I through in a cube of frozen shrimp/clam mix so he will eat some more. But by the next day, around 20 hours later, his stomach thins out and he looks emaciated. Unlike the tangs who can forage, I'm uncertain if he can stay on once daily feeding cycle.
I have a male and a female. They are always together and they are the coolest/nicest. When I feed them the female comes to the top of the tank first. She then goes down to the bottom like she is telling the male to come eat. Then he comes out and they eat together. They do everything together. They don't bother my coral at all. I have other triggers in my tank and my blue throats are by far the most social and least aggressive. They even hang out with my pink tail trigger. On occasion I will notice the male blowing my snails or crabs over but I have never seen him eat them or try to eat them. Its like he likes playing with them or something
H.reidi.MN
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My female is fat on a once a day feeding. Sometimes twice a day. Usually nori in there every other day she chomps on. Also as for a pair ID add a female then male if your not going to add together.
CedzAquAddictio
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I feed mine once in the morning before heading to work ( I make up my own schedule and work from home when I want, so morning for me is 11:00 AM
), and 3 small meals after work between 4:30PM - 11:00PM when the lights go out. Dry all day, then a couple of clams at about 6:00PM.Try clams with your triggers. They'll definitely eat their fill...
Yes, this was filmed with a potato...
homegrowncichli
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Well after 4 months, my trigger wasn't able to maintain body mass and disappeared into lala land. He was just a little too shy and not competitive enough with my yellow, sailfin and hippo tangs, all of which were bigger then he was. In the end, when the trigger and another tang both went for the same piece of food, he would turn and dart away.
So he would get the minimal amount of food during feedings, and though he was still hungry he shied away from direct competition.
So he would get the minimal amount of food during feedings, and though he was still hungry he shied away from direct competition.
sc50964
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That is sad news.It does surprise me that he wouldn't compete for food with the tangs.Any Tiggers I had in the past never starved.
DjScRiBbLe
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Well did you just toss him in or qt him and make sure he has a fighting chance? BT triggers have a tendency to be one of the most shy and reclusive triggers out there and then add on top of that a fish thats stressed and not trained to compete for food properly and no wonder it starved to death, poor guy. My female was the first fish added which imo was a crucial part in her being so comfortable and active. She hand feeds and out competes everyone for food, how a normal healthy trigger should.
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