Blue Jaw Triggerfish
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dkwatts15
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I have had my blue jaw trigger for about a 1.5 years. He took a few days before he would eat and was very shy. I would have to sneak around the tank and move very slow and drop in the food the 1st few months. He remained shy until the last 6 months or so. I have been working around the tank allot the last 6 months slowly doing some equipment upgrades and adding coral so he has gotten used to me. He actually will even let me pet him when feeding now. My 8 year old son wanted to feed him last weekend because I showed him that he would eat out of my hand and He bit his finger accidentally LOL. [emoji23]. He has became my favorite fish the last months and has a great personality. Just give him time and try some new foods and maybe a new feeding strategy. Good luck!
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dkwatts15
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He started with blue zoos food ( where I purchased him) and mysis. Now he eats about anything. But I feed a mix of Rods Foods original, pacific plankton, predator blend, hikari S pellets, hikari freeze dried krill ( I have a lyretail anthias) he eats the bigger pcs and the anthias gets the smaller ones. Some flake when in a hurry.
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brianbrainstein
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Mine was the same way. I got him to start eating with Krill. Now he eats everything from frozen to pellets to nori. One of my favorite fish, good luck!
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Mine started off slow to eat and shy as well. He started eating PE Mysis on the second day and now eats everything (5 months later). He's still pretty shy, but comes out to eat and will eat out of my hands before retreating for cover. He cruises the back of the tank and around a powerhead throughout the day when he's out. He did lose his blue throat though after about 2 weeks. It's faint to non-existent.
I added a female yesterday, but was really concerned after researching that it doesn't always go well. I'm pretty sure she's a female due to the coloration, but from what I've read (and the lack of color on my male now) I could be mistaken. Her fail is a golden/brownish color. I did remove my yellow angel from the equation due to initial harassment. We'll see how things are going when I get home today. Of note, adding the female brought the male to life. He was all over the tank this morning and seemed pretty happy.
I added a female yesterday, but was really concerned after researching that it doesn't always go well. I'm pretty sure she's a female due to the coloration, but from what I've read (and the lack of color on my male now) I could be mistaken. Her fail is a golden/brownish color. I did remove my yellow angel from the equation due to initial harassment. We'll see how things are going when I get home today. Of note, adding the female brought the male to life. He was all over the tank this morning and seemed pretty happy.
brianbrainstein
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The blue throat seems to come and go with mine. He also cruises into the powerheads and jumps often-I have a canopy.
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dkwatts15
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dkwatts15
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Tank mates. Nothing big just a clown, coral beauty, lyre-tail anthias, six line wrasse and watchman goby. I never said there was a problem? Just he is a funny fish.
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lol are you the OP?
