Blue throat trigger.

florida joe

florida joe

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This is my blue throat trigger I purchased from SWF. It is a male as you can see. Very shy and as of today 5 days after I received him he is twitching. Today he started to eat vigorously. Time will tell I would hate to lose him.

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florida joe

florida joe

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Yes my friend eating is always a good sign. But worms are a concern with the twitching. I will closely monitor his weight
 
2quills

2quills

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It's a nice looking one. Hopefully it works out for ya. Twitching and voracious eating are definitely something to keep an eye on. Especially if it starts loosing weight but I'm sure you know that already.

They say 30% of wild caught fish typically have parasites already. Then grouping them together in holding tanks just spreads it to the others.

One more reason why I'm skeptical about online orders not knowing the facility or their practices they get shipped from.

And no quarantines, Joe? Shame shame lol.
 
jay0705

jay0705

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Triggers are big eaters so that's normal, the twitching tho is concerning. I was thinking the same thing about qt quills, but haven't we all done it? Lol
 
2quills

2quills

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jay0705 said:
Triggers are big eaters so that's normal, the twitching tho is concerning. I was thinking the same thing about qt quills, but haven't we all done it? Lol
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Of corse. Just had to give Joe a hard time lol.

Not that I advocate it but I don't tend to quarantine much anymore either.

I've had and have witnessed far to many instances of trying to do the right thing and something bad still squeaks by.

But in my own defense I've grown far more choosy when purchasing live stock these day. I don't care how pretty or hard to come by it is, if it doesn't look to be in excellent condition when I see it then I just don't buy it.
 
florida joe

florida joe

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Update I really like this fish, it’ only the second livestock I have named. My mantis shrimp was Lola and this guy is Shakes. He is very competitive at feeding time. Gets his share. Stays mostly around his chosen live rock shelter. Does go exploring the tank from time to time. Strange observation, at night with only the moon lights on he very rarely shakes.
 
florida joe

florida joe

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I’m thinking the shaking may be stress induced. At night with just the moon lights there is a lot less external stimulus going on.
 
florida joe

florida joe

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Trigger update. Well first off Shakes is still alive and eating. I am starting to think the Shaking may in fact be generated from his tail. He hovers over his rock sanctuary; this shaking may be his way of staying stationary. While I don’t recommend dosing a DT in many cases. I do dose with Chemiclean for cyano. I have also dosed my DT this week with PraziPro just in case. FWTW these two products I have found to be extremely safe and effective
 
2quills

2quills

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Do you think it could be some type of display behavior or does he do it even when other fish aren't around?
 
florida joe

florida joe

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I’m pretty sure it’s not some kind of posturing. He is eating and not losing weight so I will dose my tank with the medication once more to be sure then just go with it. He may just have a condition I cannot treat. Hopefully its not life threatening and he lives a good long life
 
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