Female Bluethroat Trigger

[kirkaz]

Hi folks, I am getting set to start a 240 FOWLR (tank will be done next Thurs.) I had planned on my first 2 introductions being Male and Female Bluethroat Triggers. I can't say that I have seen many (if any) Females in LFS I frequent (I plan to order online). I have seen some pics where they are quite striking, and some that are not so much. Just curious of what people who have them think. Any pictures out there? I have been considering dumping the Female and doing a Pinktail or Black instead with the male....Thanks

 

[bryan007]

You can't go wrong with the bluethroat triggers but you stated your just starting to set up your new tank. Are you planning on using these fish to cycle your tank?

 

[reeferaddiction]

i have a female that is very nice looking it does have the blue jaw and "eye shadow" but lacks the yellow fin margins i recently was thinking about getting a male for her but i dont know how it will work since the female has been in the tank for a year and a half. this fish has a ton of personality and has been great in my reef tank no problems bothering inverts.

 

[kirkaz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11748317#post11748317 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jonbry123
You can't go wrong with the bluethroat triggers but you stated your just starting to set up your new tank. Are you planning on using these fish to cycle your tank?

I will use 150 lbs of LR and the same of Live Sand and crushed coral, plus a refugium, and ghost feed until the tank cycles and readings are ok....I would think they they would make good 1st additions at that point. I am not going to use damsals though.

 

[bryan007]

IMO I would not use these fish to cycle your tank. You will have an ammonia and nitrite spike which will kill these fish. They will be unable to tolorate those elements in a tank that is cycling. Until the various forms of bacteria develop in the tank that break down these elements there is not a lot of choice you can use in fish to cycle tanks. This is why damsels are often used to do this because they can handle this. In my area these fish are running around $80.00 apiece and that's a lot of money to spend when chances are the ammonia and nitrites will kill them. I'm certainly not known for not trying new things but in all the years I've been in this hobby I've never heard of a new tank not developing these elements in the cycling process. Not sure why your against using damsels, if it is becuase of the aggressiveness try the yellowtail blue damsels, small fish and more or less peacful. If someone has any information on using triggers to cycle a tank let me know becuase I'm going to a much larger tank and still trying to figure out the best way to do. Where my 155FOWLR tank is now is where the 300gl is going. I don't really want to break down the tank and keep all my fish in a huge bucket for a month or so but it might be my only option.

Scott

 

[ahumahuma]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11748672#post11748672 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kirkaz
I will use 150 lbs of LR and the same of Live Sand and crushed coral, plus a refugium, and ghost feed until the tank cycles and readings are ok....I would think they they would make good 1st additions at that point. I am not going to use damsals though.

Scott please read this post again. No where did he state that he was going to cycle the tank with triggers. He said that he would add them after the tank cycles.

 

[kirkaz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11750013#post11750013 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ahumahuma
Scott please read this post again. No where did he state that he was going to cycle the tank with triggers. He said that he would add them after the tank cycles.

Thanks Huma, Scott's post had me a bit confused.:eek2:

 

[ccampbell57]

I agree. Kirk was just saying that he was going to add the pair after the tank cycles and readings are perfect.

I think that you should be fine with this addition as long as the readings show no spiking.

 

[bryan007]

Sorry I miss understood.

 

[flameangel88]

I agree they're great to have plus got both for $80 at the lfs. The female is about 3" and the male is 2 3/4".

Here's the pic of the male:

Sorry, I don't have a close-up of the female:

 

[mattsilvester]

I love the semilarvatus - did you buy a pair, or did you pair them up yourself? Do they swim around together all the time? They look gorgeous!

 

[flameangel88]

Thanks. I'd them since mid-Nov and they do swim together about 80% of the time and during introduction they didn't separate from each other. I'm not sure if I've a M & F as they do give a quick dash toward each other once in a while but seem to get along fine. The only time I see them getting aggressive is when I feed live mussels and cherrystones where they will defend their feeding territory and drive the other one out. Now I've to feed live food in multiple locations to lessen the stress. The pair of Blue Throats gets in the action and I can hear them munch from across the room.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11768335#post11768335 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mattsilvester
I love the semilarvatus - did you buy a pair, or did you pair them up yourself? Do they swim around together all the time? They look gorgeous!