Blue Jaw Trigger
The blue throat trigger fish goes also by the common names of blue chin triggerfish and gilded triggerfish.
Blue jaw trigger. Triggers do need some of their diet to contain a hard shell such as krill in order to wear down their growing teeth. When i called the store they said it will come with age i have seen smaller bj trigger males with some blue but mine has none as of yet. I paid more for the male.
Blue throat triggerfish have gray bodies and the males sport the blue throat and have yellow along the fin borders whereas the females lack the blue throat and yellow bordering on the fins. An occasional herbivore seaweed sheet can also be given sporadically. We feed all of our triggerfish a mixed diet of mysis shrimp krill silversides and other meaty foods.
Auromarginatus has an oval shaped laterally flat body that is a bluish gray color with white scale spots. Whether singly or in a pair they make a very choice addition to aggressive and non aggressive aquariums. Hi reefers i bought what was supposed to be a male blue jaw trigger.
Blue throat trigger fish blue jaw trigger fish gilded trigger fish blue chin trigger fish. Female blue jaw triggerfish have a striking blue ring around their eye and a pretty lavendar gray blue color with gray to white spots on the body that make an interesting linear pattern. The fins are edged in yellow.
Relatively easy to care for the blue jaw trigger needs mainly meaty foods such as mysis shrimp pieces of clam etc. Jan 8 2007 1 i just bought a blue jaw trigger on friday night and am curious on there behavior. Please support me by visiting my sponsors blue jaw trigger in 75 gallon bow front very shy but still playful info xanthichthys auromarginatus gilded tr.
Ive been trying to feed silversides and azoo freeze dried krill he nibbles at both but barely eats. Up to 11 8 inches. We also include angel formula once per week to species that live within coral reefs most.
Triggers need to be feed often at least two to three times a day. I havent found any info on this particular trigger. Start date jan 8 2007.
There are bright metallic blue rings around the eyes. Blue jaw triggerfish diet and feeding.
