Stewart The Blue Jaw Trigger
This is Stewart, the new Blue Jaw Trigger. As most Blue Jaw Triggers, he was extremely shy when we first introduced him into the quarantine tank. We gave him plenty of pipes from Home Depot to hide in. These pipes were his haven, as he rarely came out, especially in the first few days of his quarantine. Also, for the first few days he was not a great eater, and did not like to be seen while dining. He was very quirky,as the food would be right next to the opening of the pipe, we would leave the room and then he would eat.
How did Stewart get his name? He was a great re arranger of the quarantine
Stewart the Blue Jaw
tank. Look at the sand in the pipes. When we put the pipes in the quarantine tank, there was no sand in them. However, look at all the home decorating Stewart did. Hence, he gets his name from Martha Stewart. To call him Martha would have been a mistake, as Stewart is a male. You can tell by the blue on his jaw. The females do not have the blue on their jaw.
We quarantined Stewart, along with a Red Firefish, a Midas Blenny, and an Orangespot Diamond Goby for four weeks. We got the shipment from Vivid Aquariums out in Canoga Park, California. Everything about the shipment was excellent, from the packing, the phone call the night before, express delivery before 10 AM and the high quality of product.
pipes in Demo tank
When we transferred the fish over to The Reef Aquarium DVD, A Set Up & Maintenance Guide Demo tank, Stewart was extremely easy. We just lifted out the pipe and put him, along with the other fish, in our acclimation bucket (an old salt bucket). After an hour, we just put him in to the Demo tank, pipe and all. No netting and minimal stress. We left the pipes in for two days to allow Stewart to get acllimated.
Stewart the Blue Jaw
However, he did not need the pipes at all. He went exploring right away and found a nice hide out in the live rock. In the main tank he is far more active and swims around more than he did in the little 20 gallon quarantine tank. He is one of the few reef safe triggers. If you have always wanted a trigger but had a reef tank, or did not want to spend several hunded dollars on a Bursa Trigger, this is the fish
Stewart
for you. They get along beautifully with community fish, are fascinating to look at, and have more personality than almost any fish in the tank.
