Blue Throat Triggerfish Question

[Reefen]

I was thinking of adding a Blue Throat Trigger to my reef tank. But I am reading that they move rock around, have any of you found this to be true, seems this would be a problem in the reef tank. Says they are reef safe, do they eat shrimp or crabs?

 

[reefgeezer]

I had a 4" + Male in my old tank. He was a model citizen. Great fish.

 

[dmsprague]

I had a female for a little over a year before she passed. She would let my cleaner shrimp clean her. I never saw here go after any inverts but they are trigger fish so you can't rule it out.

 

[moondoggy4]

My Blue Jaw trigger will tunnel underneath the rock and stir up the sand something fierce.

 

[cody6766]

I had a 4" + Male in my old tank. He was a model citizen. Great fish.

Same here. I considered him my centerpiece fish in my 120g. I'd have another if I had a long enough tank, but a 60g cube just doesn't cut it for a blue jaw. Mine never harassed anything or moved rock around. I even had piles of rubble and crush coral mixed within my rock structure for pod growth and he never messed with anything. I did not have any shrimp or inverts aside from snails, which he didn't bother.

 

[Half Vaped]

Mine ate a Skunk Cleaner Shrimp within minutes of releasing the Triggerfish from its acclimation box into gen pop. And then ate the Shrimp's partner a few hours later. It hasn't touched my pair of Fire Shrimp for the ~1.5 years I've had the Triggerfish, though. So definitely hit-and-miss with inverts.

No moving rocks around or picking on any corals, though.

 

[Conigs]

I had a small blue throat in my 90 gallon and he was fantastic. Never saw him both anybody and he didnt moved the sand/rock around at all.

 

[jpcemc]

Get a lid!!!!! I had one that jumped out and over the stair rail into the basement. After that, I got a lid. :-|

 

[LIreefguy]

great fish never bother any of its tank mates. I will say mine was super shy the first few months

 

[D-Nak]

Yes, they tend to be shy. They need to be fed A LOT in order to remain healthy.

 

[burrito]

i have a 4" male in my mixed reef tank and hes a awesome, doesnt bother anyone, eats everything including nori, and is actually a little shy. i think he is the culprit though of splashing/spitting water far out of the tank lol

 

[tableforglasses]

I've had one in my reef tank for the last 6 months and he has been great. He never bothers corals or any of the other fish.

 

[KarenLR75]

We had one 6 months ago that we had for about 7 months. I loved that fish! He was peaceful, with that 'happy swim' thing they do. Even though listed as semi-aggressive, unfortunately he did not stand up for himself and our tang and other things led to its surprising demise (we now have rocks in tank that we can re-arrange faster for territorial aggression, etc.).

Flash forward to now, we put another blue throat trigger in about 2 or 3 weeks ago and this guy is...SO DIFFERENT. He has managed to kill 2 out of 3 (2.5 to 3 inch) dart fish. The skunk cleaner shrimp..which are HUGE..stay under an RBTA whenever THIS trigger is out. I'm kind of in shock..I knew it was a remote possibility, but since we just had one that couldn't have been a more peaceful fish if it tried...I'm a bit stunned.

I figure the 3 chromis may be next on his hit list. Trying to ensure he is well-fed and fed more than once a day to see if that helps. We upped the feeding already it after the first dart fish was found in pieces. It's like they say, despite what a fish is 'known for', at the end of the day, they each have their own individual temperaments.

I will say neither of these fish bothered our corals....