My newest fish

[JAR]

From OTA in SF.
This guy is so cool. Just had to share.

 

[bluetang_2000]

nice. reef safe?

 

[Elite]

Nice.. that is a female right?

bluetang, yes it is reef safe..

 

[bluetang_2000]

what is the name of the fish?

 

[GreshamH]

[quote author=Elite link=topic=6594.msg85008#msg85008 date=1235754272]
Nice.. that is a female right?

bluetang, yes it is reef safe..
[/quote]

Not completely. Like any "reef safe" trigger there still is a chance

 

[GreshamH]

[quote author=bluetang_2000 link=topic=6594.msg85009#msg85009 date=1235754470]
what is the name of the fish?
[/quote]

Blue Throat Trigger.

With out knowing the size I can't say male or female though (male has blue throat)

 

[Elite]

I thought it can eat invertebrates but doesn't bother other stuff? What does it do?

bluetang, I think it's a Crosshatch Triggerfish.

That's a blue Throat Gresham??

 

[GreshamH]

Whooops....:lol: Crosshatch your right. I just kinda woke up

Corals, anemones, shrimp, brittle stars, snails, are all invertebrates, actually, just about everything in our tanks besides fish and rock are invertebrates Phong

 

[Elite]

Oh ;D.. I thought invertebrates are like shrimps and snails :-[ ops..

 

[GreshamH]

An invertebrate is an animal lacking a vertebral column. The group includes 98% of all animal species[1] — all animals except those in the Chordate subphylum Vertebrata (fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invertebrates

 

[badbread]

Whoa whoa whoa, triggers are reef safe?! I love triggers but always thought they were all mean SOB's. Are their "mostly" reef safe ones?

 

[zambavi]

Blue throat is... but with caution.

 

[GreshamH]

[quote author=zambavi link=topic=6594.msg85102#msg85102 date=1235762058]
Blue throat is... but with caution.
[/quote]
Blue Throat, Niger, Cross hatch. Ones with the mouth higher on their head (not dead front) usually don't do much picking.

 

[JAR]

GreshamH-Do you think it is a female? It is 5-6" long.
Anyway, what a delightful fish for the reef. Seems to be very reef friendly. No problems with any inverts.
I have about 70 frags. mostly lps but quite a few sps. also several shrimp, brittle stars, featherdusters.
Been a model citizen so far. ;D

 

[pixelpixi]

[quote author=badbread link=topic=6594.msg85101#msg85101 date=1235762005]
Whoa whoa whoa, triggers are reef safe?! I love triggers but always thought they were all mean SOB's. Are their "mostly" reef safe ones?
[/quote]

I thought the same thing! They are pretty aggressive though, right? Can they be kept with small less aggressive fish?

 

[JAR]

[quote author=pixelpixi link=topic=6594.msg85278#msg85278 date=1235795373]
[quote author=badbread link=topic=6594.msg85101#msg85101 date=1235762005]
Whoa whoa whoa, triggers are reef safe?! I love triggers but always thought they were all mean SOB's. Are their "mostly" reef safe ones?
[/quote]

I thought the same thing! They are pretty aggressive though, right? Can they be kept with small less aggressive fish?

[/quote]I can only say That I have read and been told that this trigger "Crosshatch" is Reef friendly.
He has not once gone after a fish or invert that I have seen.
I am keeping these fish with him in my 210 gal reef.
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