?crosshatch trigger?

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ray3mont

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i really like this fish and have heard they are pretty hard to find. i had a couple of questions. how rare are they? how much do they go for? how hardy are they? how would they do in a tank with other fish?

also if anyone happens to have one of these i would be very interested if not to expensive

any aditional information would be greatly aprieciated
-thanks
 
The only ones I have seen are very pricey. Liveaquaria.com under collector's corner has one but it is $399. I have a had a male blue throat trigger in a reef tank for a while and it was very cool, lots of personality, but eventually became a female (lost the blue throat and bright green lining on the fins) when other fish in the tank became aggressive.
 
From what I understand, the blue throat is sexually dimorphic and if dominated can regress into a female but it is not common. The Male blue throat is a really cool addition and not nearly the $$$ of the crosshatch. I would think you could get a male for $60-80 (liveaquaria has a male for $69)
 
no offense to you but are you sure it wasn't what you are feeding it? that is the only thing i heard of happening, but also i am new to this and you sound like you know what your talking about so you are probably right. also i am getting a male blue throat like next sunday and he is $80 so i am very excited i just hope he is nice to my lion. im not worried though because that are supposed to be pretty layed back.
 
No offense taken. Nutrition is a good point to bring up whenever a fish changes or loses color. I do not think it was a nutritional issue as I was feeding a pretty diverse diet (flake, pellet, freeze dried plankton and krill, and 2-3 times a week frozen soaked with selcon). The loss of the blue chin and loss color that outined the fins happened shortly after I added a large green bird wrasse and large purple tang. At the time I also had a blue regal tang and regal angel whose colors looked great. When I compared my blue throat trigger to pics of a female blue throat they were identical.

They are really laid back personality and are wonderful fish. Make sure you keep them well fed so they will leave any shrimp or smaller fish alone (wife didn't feed as often when I was away and she saw him eat a peppermint shrimp) Good luck with the new addition.
 
thank you! im thinking it probably wasn't the diet as well the fish you added can be aggresive fish and if the color ration was identical to that of a female's then nutrition probably did not contribute to the change of sex. also thanks for all information you have been giving me on triggers it has been a great help.
 
Posting a bit late.... but...

I've had my male crosshatch (about 8") in a 175 bowfront for about 4 years. They are very passive triggers and eat well, dining on krill, raw shrimp including the shell and a smattering of plankton, flake and sticks. I feed the flake for my Black Tang and it's funny to watch the Crosshatch pluck the flake from the water.

They are beautiful fish, if not a bit expensive. You can obtain juveniles for less money, but they are not very colorful. Patience will pay off here as they grow.

I've watched as my butterflies pick at the same peice of krill that the Crosshatch is eating... he certainly isn't aggressive to tank mates.

He doesn't bother the gobies or pseudos in my tank either. I do periodically loose a pepermint shrimp, I tend to blame the Tusk for those rather than the trigger though.

They are beautiful fish, have a great personality (as many triggers do) and they get along with most other fish and inverts.

-Rob
 
You may need to call Jeff's exotic fish to make sure he has it in stock. I tried to order a Male Wanatabei Angel that he listed for a great price but did not have any in stock.
 
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