Crown Jewel in my 270G SPS Reef
 

Pleased to introduce the arrival of the "Crown Jewel" in my SPS display tank - a pair of Crosshatch Triggers. She is approximately 5" in size and he is approximately 7" in size.

Drop by and see this rare find and grab some wicked frags!

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http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...ral/female.jpg
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Wow they are beautiful!

stunning!

Wow a complete pair. Very nice!

Nice! Almost as pretty as my chromis :wink:

Gorgeous fish! :cool: I had no idea they could get so colorful (I've only seen smaller ones I guess)

Did you order them as a pair, or purchase them separately?

Thanks! I am quickly falling in love with these guys. Both are eating now after only 3 days in the tank. Will have a hard time selling them...

I had the option to buy just one, but I elected to get the pair. Observing their behaviour together as a male and female I would highly recommend buying them as a pair, very cool, and would never sell them individually.

Also, these fish are almost never seen small in size, and the male usually looks like the female until they mature (6" size or so).

I say keep them, provided you can provide for them! They are too cool to let go!

Nice fish.

Always assumed for some reason trigger's were considered non-compatible with a reef tank, might have to rethink my stocking.

i would keep thoses there awsome dont split them an mated pair of salt fish is rare isnt it?

Not so, but only to a degree. Crosshatch triggers and Bluethroat triggers in particular are planktivores, so tend to be good reef tank citizens. There are others that are maybe possible (eg. Niger triggers, HumuHumo or Picasso triggers), depending on what else you have. And then there are some that belong in aggressive-fish-only FOWLR tanks, definitely not reefs (eg. Clown triggers).

Some articles you may want to check out:
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/oct2002/Fish.htm
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2007/7/fish
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-08/dc/index.php
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-05/hcs3/index.php

In all liklihood I will be keeping them for a while which is ok with me! Generally speaking there are very few hobbists out there with the adequate environment for this species, and also prepared to make the financial commmitment (if you look up this species you will see they are not cheap!)

Hey Mark - generally speaking I think you are correct. The only reefsafe triggers to my knowledge are the crosshatch and the bluethroat.

I am not sure if they are a mated pair, they were however shipped from the supplier as a pair. Generally when you see crosshatches they arrive as individuals, but I guess it is possible these two are mated. They certainly act like a mated pair.