Large Pair Blue Throat Trigger F/S - Coquitlam
 

It is with a very heavy heart that I find myself having to sell my pair of Blue Throat Triggers. These are excellent reef compatible and social fish, but the male (in particular) is too hard on my acrylic tank.

Male is just slightly larger than the female, and is likely 6". They need a large (300+ gallon), GLASS tank...reef or fish-only.

These fish eat anything you feed including formula one/two pellets and any kind of frozen food. Both appear to be in perfect health. Male will bite fingers, but will not bite hands or arms.

$175 for the pair. Interested people please provide tank details. Local pickup only. Please understand if it takes me some time to catch them...

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Oh man thats too bad you have to sell :(

They are so gorgeous! If I had a big enough tank I would have loved to give them a good home. Hope you find someone...

blue throat trigger pair for sale
 

Hi Untamed,

200gal fowlr + 40 gal sump is it too small for these trigger pair. Existing fishes I have in this glass tank are : 2 yellowfin breams @7" long, one white surf bream 9" long, 3 french grunts @ 4 -5 " long plus a small grey angel and one porkfish. Any idea ?

Whoa! Do you realize how big Yellowfin Bream get??? When I was in Eastern Australia last year and these are common fish at markets and are often over 2' !

Sorry I don't mean to take over the thread but those bad boys get enormous...Sounds like a cool tank though :)

Hi Greenspottedpuffer,

To my knowledge and experience, yellowfin breams seldom reach over 20" in length however, their relative the white surf bream can reach up to 30" long.
To me, the yellowfin bream are very smart and clever when I do the fishing in Hong Kong i.e. they can play tricks with you.

Sounds like they would be the smallest fish your tank! I'm going to let the advertisement sit there for a while and see what options are presented. I would like to find a home larger than 200 gallon.

Brad.

we have a tank thats about 350. i'll ask my boyfriend if he is intrested, are they a breeding pair or just buddies?

Im sure Brad can answer this for you but as far as I know, they do not breed in aquariums. In the wild they go to deep waters to breed.

Buddies?....I would say that they tolerate one another. No, they don't breed. There's good natured chasing every now and then.

Of course, if you want to see them "live", just tune in...

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Brad,
I'm interested
370G+90G sump
Current tank mates. Naso, Cheveron, Orange shoulder, Sailfin Tangs, Foxface, & and nasty little hawk fish

Really? Both of them? It would be neat to see them go to someone I know so well. You could keep me appraised of how they are doing.

I know you really love your corals. I would want to warn you that the male Trigger fragged a digitata for me the other day. He doesn't bite them or anything...he just gets a good head-of-steam going and the coral doesn't get out of the way in time. (Digitatas are fragile...)

I wouldn't expect any problems with any other fish.

I'll have to talk to the Boss. And She's in Calgary until tomorrow night.

J

Blue Throats are one of my all time favourite fish and those would be so cool looking to see in Jason's tank! Jason if you get them, pics,pics,pics !

hey Untamed, After sleeping on it I'm sorry but I'm going to back out.
My Fish right now are all getting along. They all have a ton of growth still to come. So I think it wouldn't be a possitive thing to introduce 2 more large fish. Sorry, I've allways wanted a pair of blue throats, but have to resiste the urge for the continued health of my current fish and corals.

Again sorry. I feel crappy for jumping on that then now backing out. Hope you understand

J

No problem. Still available....

Bump......

you should deliver them to me in calgary..building a 600+G tank soon ;) lol

Sounds nice....but too far away and not soon enough! The male is living in my water change sump, which prevents me from doing a water change (unless I catch him, move him out, then move him back...)

The female is proving to be much more difficult to catch. The male was so food oriented that it was pretty quick. She's just timid.

As soon as I can catch her, the pair are going to live at the Vancouver Aquarium.

They'll take them? Wow that will be neat!

First time I've heard of blue throat triggers scratching up an acrylic tank to the extent you described! Was the damage that severe? I wonder if it had something to do with the particular personality of the triggers you had? I have a 6' 180g acrylic and was hoping to get a mated pair of blue throats, but now I'm wondering about your unfortunate experience....any advice, comments, suggestions appreciated.