Blue throat triggers

[Sumfingwong]

Hey all,

I was thinking about picking up a blue throat trigger. Just looking for some personal experience with them. My only concern are theshrimp, snails and hermits. Should this fish be introduced last?

[ponokareefer]

I had mine in with shrimp, crabs and snails and it never bothered them.

I would add it last. They get quite aggressive at feeding time, and mine wasn`t even that big. How big is your tank?

[Gripenfelter]

I have one and I love him. Doesn't bother my shrimp or inverts.

But I would highly recommend an introduction tank so they start eating without competition in the beginning. Learned this the hard way with 3 of them.

[Sumfingwong]

Originally Posted by ponokareefer

I had mine in with shrimp, crabs and snails and it never bothered them.

I would add it last. They get quite aggressive at feeding time, and mine wasn`t even that big. How big is your tank?

my tank is a custom size ocean city had. Its a 5ft 143ish gallon tank (60x26 or 27x21) with a 80 gallon sump

Originally Posted by Gripenfelter

I have one and I love him. Doesn't bother my shrimp or inverts.

But I would highly recommend an introduction tank so they start eating without competition in the beginning. Learned this the hard way with 3 of them.

Good to hear, now that my puffers are gone I can concentrate on a reef system. Hoping to get one of these guys in my tank.

[daniella3d]

Each fish is different but my experience with trigger has been the same. I have a niger trigger with shrimp, clam and snails for a year and half now and he's like 7" with the tail and does not touch anything in my tank.

great fish! I love triggerfish.

[Sumfingwong]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Each fish is different but my experience with trigger has been the same. I have a niger trigger with shrimp, clam and snails for a year and half now and he's like 7" with the tail and does not touch anything in my tank.

great fish! I love triggerfish.

I agree, I dove Molokini in Oct and right near the surface.. there were hundreds of black triggerfish. I will post a pic later tonight.