advice on my regal angelfish

[dones20]

i got this fish from reef hot spot on tuesday of this week so ive had him in qt for about 3 days now he is a red sea specimen and absolutely beautiful he is very fat his abdomen is not pinched or sunken in yet should i be worried at this point that he doesnt eat anything ive tried julian sprung marine green flakes clams on the half angel formula mysid shrimp and cant seem to get any response from him he is pretty shy so i stay away from the tank and watch from a far he is in a 60 gallon qt that has live sand and about 50 lbs of live rock for him to find refuge and graze there are no other fish in this tank with him just a pair of cleaner shrimps he shows no signs of diseases my water temp is a little high coming in a 80 wich is were my heater is set to and going up to almost 82 or maybe less because there is a 150watt hqi along with 2 65 watt compact fiwture hovering about 2 or3 feet of the surface reason ther so high up was to try and keep the lights from heating up the water my params are very stable as this little system has been up and running for almost 1yr now and have keept other fish in there for qt before for skimming its actually an over kill for the tank but the more the better when in qt is how i see it ive goot a quiet one 4000 as main return and 2 power heads for circulation is there something that im doing wrong with this fish please help me out thanks

 

[cwoods8]

give him time.......continue with the clams, mussels, mysis, etc...he is still adjusting......took about 3 weeks before mine took anything!

 

[Macimage]

Turn the lights out to help him acclimate as they are not necessary in a qt tank. That should also help drop your temperature to 76-78.

Joyce

 

[dones20]

ive turned lights out since yesterday to drop temps hopfully he will begin feeding any suggestions or anything special to try toentice him to eat other than garlic

 

[Macimage]

Some fish like garlic and I imagine others may not.

I went to the lfs and bought one each of 15+ types of frozen foods, including cyclopeeze. Then I mix them all up in a container and feed the mix. Hopefully, new fish will start to pick at something they like, as there is brine shrimp plus, pe mysis, angel/butterfly formula, etc.

Good luck!
Joyce

 

[flameangel88]

I wouldn't worry at this point and you only had it for couple of days. Some of my angels took 7.5 weeks to eat prepared food. I've a Colini that took 5.5 wks but the Venustus I got back in May is still not eating other than grazing glass and LRs. I would continue to feed live clams about twice a week to entice the Regal to eat.

Check with Max to see what they were feeding Regal. I'm looking into getting one from RHS but waiting for Max to get back to me when he can get a Christmas Island Emperor that is in the 4-6" size so I can order together.

Please continue to post updates.

btw--how big is your Regal?

 

[dones20]

thanks guys well he is in the 4-5 inch range but id say hes about 4 1/2 inches hes perfect size imo and his colors are awseome very vibrant i will definatelykeep you all posted on his progress only new how to post pics on rc i would definetaly post some but i cant seem to figure it out

 

[dones20]

he finally tried the mysid shrimp but spit it out hopfully the hunger will kick in and he will eat he still looks great as far as health goes

 

[Macimage]

he finally tried the mysid shrimp but spit it out hopfully the hunger will kick in and he will eat

I would recommend trying different foods. Sometimes the opposite happens and they stop trying to eat. Right now he is still trying out different foods. It would seem that hunger would kick in and he'd eat, but that is not how it usually goes.

Joyce