My new baby

[Haksar]

OMG..What happened Peter.

 

[SDguy]

One day he would eat, the next day not. I was extremely careful with water quality...tried doing prazi...but just got very skinny fast...

 

[flameangel88]

I don't have much luck with prazi on juv angels so I just do hypo for 8 weeks now. Then a few weeks of observation before going into the DT. I know it sucks to take 3 months before they go into the DT but by that time if the fish is still alive it should be nice and fat and eating everything you put in there.

 

[SDguy]

He was never a huge eater. I think this is one of those fish that should have gone directly in the reef.

 

[flameangel88]

That's a tough call because I done it twice in a reef and the first time it was devastating and the second time I lost a few of the new additions.

I still think this is a delicate fish especially settling into a new environment but they do well once settled in.

 

[SDguy]

Yeah, I agree. Plus, a 1" version is even more difficult. Lesson learned.

 

[flameangel88]

Other than dwarf angels nothing less than 2" even than that's a big risk. Now I prefer 2.5-3.5" juv on med to large angels. Those baby ones are hard to resist. I'm still nervous on my 2" CI emperor that's in QT.

 

[Fiish]

Sorry for your loss , the navarchus angel is very beautiful . I kept a pomacanthus semicirculatus of two inches in QT , he died a two months.

 

[Kahuna Tuna]

Really sorry to hear about that peter, juvie angels can be very touchy.

 

[SDguy]

Thanks. It's been a bad few months. This guy, my male genicanthus, my burgessi BF, my two spot halichoeres, and my midas blenny

 

[Treg]

Other than dwarf angels nothing less than 2" even than that's a big risk. Now I prefer 2.5-3.5" juv on med to large angels. Those baby ones are hard to resist. I'm still nervous on my 2" CI emperor that's in QT.

I agree ^.

I also recently lost a small (1.5") majestic from LA-DD, Even with 4-5 feeding's a day, it just wasn't enough to sustain. He just didn't eat that well at all. Thin when he arrived and managed about 10 days. I was pretty disappointed with DD on this fish...

I didnt want to say anything when you first posted this thread... Had hopes that your's would do better.

 

[SDguy]

Did you get the smaller one that was posted at the same time? I remember purposely getting the one with a bit more orange.

 

[Treg]

I believe they were posted within a couple days of each other. I don't remember exactly. Mine had very little pattern change.

 

[SDguy]

yeah, I remember them...one had a tad of orange (mine) and the other didn't. Sorry for you loss.

 

[Treg]

 

[SDguy]

Yup, we got the two that were posted. Shame they both died

 

[rnscross]

unsure as to whether I'm lucky or that it was local (aust caught) but mine has lasted ~8months and 2 tank moves. I got him on NLS thera A and havent looked back. I also didnt know much back then and just plonked him into a reef without QT. An auto feeder dosing 3-4 times a day and frozen at night has been my feeding regime until very recently when trying to control a phosphate issue. I just wish I could take better photos.

A few weeks after I got him

just a few weeks ago.

 

[SDguy]

Congrats on a lovely fish!!

 

[Big E]

I'm starting to wonder about DD & the conditioning, QT, ect they claim to do............... based on my personal experiences & threads I've read. They pump out a lot of new fish daily & want a premium price for them............just doesn't add up.

I admit they back up everything with great guarantees, but I'm convinced I could have just as much success from getting fish from my LFS or The Quality Marine section & not have to pay a premium.

 

[SDguy]

I do have to admit that the fish was less than fat when it arrived, and not eating, so I agree that I wouldn't call it a thoroughly conditioned fish. That said, it was only $90, so I don't feel I overpaid. And it did start eating. I think maybe I just didn't have the time/knowledge on caring for such a tiny angel, and the feeding requirements/frequency needed.