getting a regal angel to eat....

[tcoral]

Unfortunately looks like I've got the one that never learns to eat and he now looks like a DFSB (dead fish swimming, barely). I doubt he'll survive the day he barely has energy to swim .

 

[Dr Colliebreath]

Tina,

Sorry to hear about your fish. It may very well be that it was collected and/or handled improperly and was doomed before you received it. I think that is the case with many fish that die in the first 30-60 days.

It sounds like it is too late, but you could try live brine and live blackworms. Also, there is a supplement from Brightwell called AngelElixir that might stimulate a feeding response if food is soaked in it.

Good luck.

 

[tcoral]

Tina,

Sorry to hear about your fish. It may very well be that it was collected and/or handled improperly and was doomed before you received it. I think that is the case with many fish that die in the first 30-60 days.

It sounds like it is too late, but you could try live brine and live blackworms. Also, there is a supplement from Brightwell called AngelElixir that might stimulate a feeding response if food is soaked in it.

Good luck.

Thanks Frank,

It was too far gone (stuck to the wall gone) I had to humanely euthanize him with clove oil he was so far gone . I was putting in live cocapods/baby shrimp from my fuge and he wasn't even going for it. Yes, I wonder about the collection/handling. I've had and others have had bad experiences with fish from the store I got him from, but I wanted one of these, and especially this size, so bad that I just went for it. Live and learn .

 

[MrTuskfish]

Sorry to hear it. Strangely, without re-reading the entire thread, I don't think anyone even mentioned that Regals (from any origin) have always been one of the hardest fish in the hobby to get to eat. Many are lost this way. Regals labeled from the "Indo-Pacific" are especially tough.