When Blue Throats Go Mad!

[JUSTIN 1234]

I'm pretty sure my Blue Throat Trigger is eating my green montapora and red blastos...... What should I do?

 

[jonathanws]

get one of the two out of there, i'm guessing sell the blastos?

 

[JUSTIN 1234]

Do you think it will eat any of my other corals?

 

[JUSTIN 1234]

Has any one else ever had or heard of this problem?

 

[zemuron114]

any trigger has the potential to eat anything... however usually bluethroats, crosshatch, sargassum, goldenbacks dont eat corals. Maybe he isn't being fed enough... are you sure nothing else sould eat them?

 

[JUSTIN 1234]

I'm sure he's giting enough food. I have nothing else that can eat sps.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Are you sure you dont have any coral parasites? What do the "eaten" corals look like- rubble or just disappearing? I dont think a blue throat would do this on the sly, if it did it, i think youd see it.

 

[JUSTIN 1234]

No it's not parasites. the corals like a fish is eating it and yes it has rubble.

 

[triggerfreak]

what other fish do you have in your tank? Maybe someone else is eating them. It is not likely your bluethroat is the one doing it.

 

[Serioussnaps]

beg to differ...the bluethroat is doing it...when you put a trigger in a reef you are asking for it IMO

 

[triggerfreak]

I still dont think so. I have had 3 different males and a female and they are the least aggressive fish i have. My tang is more aggressive than my bluethroats. If you have never owned one than you would not know how docile they really are.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

i agree with triggerfreak, i have seen a bluethroat that watched a piece of krill float into a nook in a sps, and just sat there and watched it- as if it couldnt figure out how to get at something that wasnt floating in the water column.

 

[jda]

I would not put this past the fish, but I would look for other causes than the triggers. I have heard of a few of the X triggers eat small fish, but I have never heard of them eating or bothering coral. However, there is a first for everything in this hobby.

 

[Triggerfish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8027649#post8027649 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by triggerfreak
If you have never owned one than you would not know how docile they really are.

docile towards corals, perhaps. towards other fish, temperment can vary..
within 1 month my male bluethroat:
devoured 8 chromis
bit half the face off a sleeper goby
tore the tails off 2 firefish
removed BT and
when i thought the firefish leaped out i put back in
then bit the entire @ss off a very large bangaii

gonzo

 

[JUSTIN 1234]

I did own one and at 11:24 it was eating my green montapora and red blasto. At 3:00 it was at the LFS.

 

[Serioussnaps]

WELL CONSIDERING TANGS DONT EAT CORALS....BAR NONE....THE COMPARISON OF AGGRESSIVENESS BETWEEN BTT'S AND TANGS IS A MOOT POINT...aggressiveness doesnt directly correlate to coral nibblers

there ya go....just more proof that there is no such thing as a REEF SAFE TRIGGER...yes they can go in reefs and many dont pick at corals...but REEF SAFE to me EQUALS ----WONT EVER EAT CORAL...WANT THINK ABOUT EATING CORAL---AND WOULDNT EAT CORAL EVEN IF THE DAMN THING WAS STARVING

I AM NOT YELLING---just felt like using CAPS