Crosshatch trigger and cleaner shrimp. Or Neon Gobies. ??

[fishytime]

well, definitely shrimp before trigger, if your gonna try it......once the trigger gets used to you being the bearer of food, most everything you add is worth a taste....

[fishoholic]

My pinktail trigger ate my peppermint shrimp and my 3 inch bullseye pistol shrimp and both shrimp were in the tank before it. Never bothered my green clown goby or my tail spot blenny, however those fish were in the tank before the trigger, not sure if he would of bothered them or not if I added them after.

[daniella3d]

Peppermint shrimps, but what about cleaner shrimps? I think in nature the fishes recognize the cleaner as a usefull shrimp and they don't get eaten. Does the peppermind and pistol get the same favor?

Originally Posted by fishoholic

My pinktail trigger ate my peppermint shrimp and my 3 inch bullseye pistol shrimp and both shrimp were in the tank before it. Never bothered my green clown goby or my tail spot blenny, however those fish were in the tank before the trigger, not sure if he would of bothered them or not if I added them after.

[christyf5]

expensive snack, to both

[Trigger Man]

When i had my crosshatch it was about 2 inches or so and had it for over 3 years before tank sell off. I added a couple of cleaner shrimp and snails atleast a year later. I always add new items to my tank with the lights off and leave them off for 24 hours. My Crosshatch did not bother with my cleaner shrimp or snails.
Good to see you ended up getting a crosshatch Tony, to this day even with the many other fish i had it was one of my favs.

[Delphinus]

Good to hear, thanks. It seems like the scales are slightly tipped in favour of trying although seems there is still some hit and miss. Someone eats snails in the cube tank although I can't tell if it's the eel or the trigger. Either are about as plausible.

Yeah I've had her since December 2009. Great fish, great personality. She lets me scratch her head. Although she's also nipped fingertips once or twice too. When I was reaching in a few weeks ago to pick up a clam to transfer over to the new tank, my other hand had just the fingertips poking through the surface and this must have looked like ..... food or something. Didn't draw blood or anything but surprised the heck out of me as I didn't even realize my other hand had breached the surface at all.

[GMGQ]

I got a pinktail trigger almost 2 weeks ago, and this past weekend I added a pair of cleaner shrimp.

Every night before I go to bed, and every morning when I wake up, I go to the tank with my flashlight to make sure both shrimp are still there :S

So far so good! <fingers crossed>

All my fish have been curious about the cleaners, and are constantly swimming around their cleaning cave. Especially the pinktail. But none have made an appointment for a cleaning -- yet.

I had a bluethroat trigger before with 2 cleaner shrimp and the bluethroat never bothered the shrimp either.

Just keep the trigger happily fed, so it wont eye the shrimp...

FYI, you also hear stories about triggers being model citizens, but then 'snapping' and eating inverts after a couple of years.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Peppermint shrimps, but what about cleaner shrimps? I think in nature the fishes recognize the cleaner as a usefull shrimp and they don't get eaten. Does the peppermind and pistol get the same favor?

peppermint shrimp are "cleaners" too, so are fire shrimp......come to think of it....I think even coral banded shrimp perform cleaner functions.....

I think it solely(pun intended) depends on the fish and its disposition...

[daniella3d]

My fire shrimps never cleaned any fish. My cleaner do.

Originally Posted by fishytime

peppermint shrimp are "cleaners" too, so are fire shrimp......come to think of it...

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

My fire shrimps never cleaned any fish. My cleaner do.

probably because peppermint and fire shrimp both dont like intense light and for the most part tend to hide all day......read up on them