Golden Heart Trigger

yellow05gt · Jun 1, 2022

I just picked up a Golden Heart trigger today and absolutely love it! He's about 8" or so, so probably the 2nd largest fish in my system besides my 10" vlamingi tang. I would love to hear your experiences and best practices with them. I have a Niger trigger and a few other tangs as well in this tank.

JumboShrimp · Jun 2, 2022

Now we need some photos for SURE! And congratulations :)

yellow05gt · Jun 2, 2022

This is his hiding spot for now

Jedi1199 · Jun 2, 2022

WOW!! What a beauty!! How, where do I get one??/ lol

yellow05gt · Jun 2, 2022

Thanks! It is my favorite Trigger by far right now. I'm still trying to find a male crosshatch though. I found mine at nyaquatics.com, but i think violets aquarium has one right now too.

He is pretty skinny, and isnt eating well right now, so I am trying to get that worked out too.

lion king · Jun 2, 2022

yellow05gt said:
Thanks! It is my favorite Trigger by far right now. I'm still trying to find a male crosshatch though. I found mine at nyaquatics.com, but i think violets aquarium has one right now too.

He is pretty skinny, and isnt eating well right now, so I am trying to get that worked out too.

I would be concerned of internal parasites, there is a history there with your source and those are the signs.

yellow05gt · Jun 3, 2022

Not sure about parasites, but he has started eating more today. Ate almost an entire shrimp and some Nori. I think the lack of eating may have been stress from shipping and acclimating to the new tank. But I will treat with general cure and focus just in case.

Sean Clark · Jun 3, 2022

Beautiful fish, one of these has always been on my "to get" list but if that is 8" then I need to update my profile.
Assuming that your bottom glass is 3/4" (I have no idea) then that fish is at most 6".
As for eating, it is probably just adjusting to its new environment. Can you get a pic under white lights?

yellow05gt · Jun 3, 2022

It half inch acrylic lol but I took him out of the bag with my hand and he was as big as my hand. So probably closer to 7-7.5” than 8”. The ad for him said 8-10”.