Pair of Cross Hatch Triggers For Sale

[pecan2phat]

I have a pair of large Cross Hatch Triggers for sale. The male is 9 inches and the female is 6 inches.
Guys with the bigger tanks, here's your chance at getting a beautiful pair for $450

 

[gforce6]

Wow, those are looks like one of those japanese koi.

I thought you wanted get Cross Hatch, Warren.

 

[alrha]

ooooh hooo hooo, those are nice! whoa baby!

 

[pecan2phat]

They are very pretty :lol:

 

[noodleman]

nice looking fish, which one is the male? red tail or yellow tail?

 

[pecan2phat]

Jeez, don't you guys work, or are you working.

Red tail is the male.

 

[pmui]

what size tank did you have them in?

 

[pecan2phat]

This pair is in a 32g holding tub.
They were caught 10 days ago in Hawaii and shipped to me last night.

 

[inkblue]

...aweSome looKing fiShiEs :smokin: :yeah: :yo:

 

[inline6]

This pair is in a 32g holding tub.
They were caught 10 days ago in Hawaii and shipped to me last night.

Maybe I should send some fishes back he -he :joke:

 

[pmui]

they are gorgouse fish, but what size tank would be large enough for them 200+?.

 

[pecan2phat]

I think they top out at about 11" in the wild. Captivity will keep them a little smaller. I would say anything 6 ft in length and 180g upwards.

 

[DRZL]

is the male a supermale?(coloration)

so freakin nice man!

I was actually talking about them as my show fish whenever I upgrade

great fish!

 

[kimoyo]

pecan2phat - That is such a sweet deal! If they were smaller I would buy them. Do you have a hookup? If no one takes them here, you could post on RC and I'm sure they would go quick.

 

[inline6]

nice looking fish, which one is the male? red tail or yellow tail?

I believe that the red one is the male.


Color male/female:
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/oct2002/Fish.htm

Care:
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1861&articleid=3172

 

[inline6]

pecan2phat,

Why did you get these fish?
Just curious.

 

[jhale]

wow those are gorgeous!

are they going into a bigger tank or are you going to keep them in the tub till they are sold? I wish I had a large tank they look amazing.

 

[pecan2phat]

I was always attracted to the "reef safe" triggers such as the Blue throats or Blue Jaws. The Cross Hatches are just that much more esquiste. Even if they were going into my FO tank, they are that much more non-destructive than say a Huma Huma or Clown trigger. I use to have a Clown trigger back in the 70's in a 150g with an UG filter and not only did he rearrange much of dead coral deco but he eventually bit through the UG tube also.

They're a deep water fish, sometimes in schools in the open ocean. They were suppose to come in at 6" for the male and smaller for the female but this is what was sent to me. I actually have two pairs and am keeping one pair.

If they don't sell in a few days, they'll go in a 102g tank that I'm almost finished plumbing inline with my 120g. This way I won't have to change the water everyday!

 

[pecan2phat]

Paul,
When I was speaking to the collector in Hawaii, he stated that he has never seen smaller males. In fact they are usually larger then the ones he shipped to me. Of course I think he needs some glasses cause he told me that the two males were about 6 to 7 inches.
I did a little bit of reading on them and I found an article about where everyone is looking for small males under 6 inches and that they are almost non-existent due to that the species don't start the transformation into a male until about 5 to 6 inches. He went on to state that at 4 inches and smaller, you can't tell if they are male or female.

Check out some of these crazy prices from Live Aquaria:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1418

But I think their description is a bit off such as the 70g min sized tank and the aggressive part. They are actually pretty shy. Also goes on to say non-reef compatible.

 

[Barnacle_Blenny]

awesome fish and awesome price wish I had room