Regal Angel Primer

[Finsky]

An eating Regal Angel is a happy Regal Angel

An eating Regal Angel is a happy Regal Angel

That is a whopper and its looking healthy and happy!

I placed each Hydor 8 (3,250 gph) about six inches under the water's surface and a couple inches in from the front glass. The one on the left end aims slightly upward along the front half of the tank and the one on the right end aims slightly upward to between the back center to back left corner of the tank. The pumps give higher currents in the upper portion of the tank although my six gonioporas along the front substrate still have enough circulation for their polyps to sway back and forth. My Regal Angel likes to swim against the current in directly in front of the left circulation pump and then ride with its current quickly to the opposite end. I have other fish which do the same thing. There are times when three or four tangs and my Regal and Majestic Angels will be lined up along the front of the tank just above the substrate in single file swimming in place towards the left end against the current (This really looks kind of amusing to see). I cannot say enough about these propellar pumps as cost effective water circulation. Drs Foster and Smith has lowered their price to just under a $100 although the sales price was about $130 each when I purchased them months ago :-(. Two 3,250 gph circulation pumps sounded like alot of current for a 120 when I made the decision to go with them. It was not long after putting them both into action that I saw the total tank circulation they could provide around my 150 pounds of live rock and the healthy water movement for my fish (Regal Angel included), corals, and anemones. It gave my tank more coral reef like currents which I never had experienced with my fresh water aquariums.

 

[Tracey2]

Hey guys, can a regal survive ich? I have had her for a month she was eating everything but prefers flakes, the last couple of days she seems finicky and will only eat flakes. I noticed ich on a tang in the tank and started treating with Kent RXP, a week later the ich is on everyone and much worse. I also noticed head shaking and even though I had previously treated with prazi I decided to treat again. So right now fish are being treated with prazi in the DT but it looks like the ich might be more of the problem. Should I continue to watch as long as they eat or pull them now before it gets worse? I love this regal and don't want to make the wrong decision.

 

[Finsky]

Ich!!!!

Ich!!!!

Hey guys, can a regal survive ich? I have had her for a month she was eating everything but prefers flakes, the last couple of days she seems finicky and will only eat flakes. I noticed ich on a tang in the tank and started treating with Kent RXP, a week later the ich is on everyone and much worse. I also noticed head shaking and even though I had previously treated with prazi I decided to treat again. So right now fish are being treated with prazi in the DT but it looks like the ich might be more of the problem. Should I continue to watch as long as they eat or pull them now before it gets worse? I love this regal and don't want to make the wrong decision.

I have not had any ICH problems for years with a 3 1/2 year old tank. I have six tangs including a Clown, a Regal and Majestic Angel. I keep my aquarium temperature around 80 although temperarily raising to 84 degrees for a day and then dropping slowly slowly over a few days to around 80 might work. I have noticed a rare occasion spot on a pectoral fin which clears up within a day or two.

This has been my experience and I would not want you to follow if it is going to cause you problems although it has worked for me?

 

[Tracey2]

Well last night the regal looked covered in ich and was breathing heavy, I almost pulled the tank apart and set up a hospital tank but decided to wait until this morning, she now seems to just have a few spots and is eating although not as aggessively as she used to eat. Still undecided about how to treat. My skimmer is off and the tank is being treated with prazipro right now for gill flukes. Any advise is appreciated.

 

[teog]

Sar far the regal has eaten PE mysis, and green and red lifeline frozen fish food. He is a good eater. Still a ittle shy when I feed. He waits until I step away from the tank to start eating. But non the less, he is eating.


Tracey2- Sorry about the ich problem your having. I havent had visible ich in years. But when I first started in fish it seemed any time I put up a quick make shift quarentine tank the fish never made it.

Most experts say ich is alwats present in a aquarium. But as long as your fish are healthy, and your system is established with correct water quality you would never sea it visible or your fish recover quickly.

If you do a search you will see most prefer hyposalinity for ich problems. Good luck with your fish.

 

[Kieth71]

Actually no experts say ich is always present in tanks..Make shift last minute qt's with constant ammonia problems can kill a fish to though so if you want to wait and set up a qt and get it cycled then treat that might be a better option.

 

[szwab]

There are lots of varying opions regarding Ich. Since it's not Regal specific you would probably be better off searching and posting in the Fish Disease Treatment Forum. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=87

There's also a really nice Article by Steven Pro http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=87

FWIW many times hospital tanks are not set up properly which leads to more issues and can sometimes be more detrimental than helpful.

 

[teog]

Actually no experts say ich is always present in tanks..Make shift last minute qt's with constant ammonia problems can kill a fish to though so if you want to wait and set up a qt and get it cycled then treat that might be a better option.

Sure they do. Just type marine ich into google and see what you get. As mentiontioned there are many opinions about the life cycle of ich.

As long as a persons introduces new fish in there tank, there is potential to reinvite ich back in the system. That is why most have established quarentine tanks, and utilize them prior to adding new fish into there display tanks.

Here is some good reading about it. However this aurther does not believe in ich always being present.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/sp/index.php
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-10/sp/feature/index.php

Here is a statement from Bob Fener at wetwebmedia about crypt free systems.

There are such things, but unless the aquarist is diligent in altogether excluding these parasites through quarantine, treatment outside their main displays, most aquariums will instead host latent infestations... with discernible populations of Cryptocaryon coming to be through environmental challenge/s to their fishes. In actual fact cysts of Cryptocaryon can stay viable for a few to several months, hence ultraviolet sterilization, use of biological cleaners, allowing systems to go fallow... only decreases the number and virulence of these parasites. Once in a system, the system itself is infested and the only practical means of control becomes providing an optimized and stable environment.

 

[Finsky]

Temperature Option

Temperature Option

This is your tank and you have to make the tough call.

I re-iterate. With the entire tank's fish showing ich I would take the temperature up to at least 84 until I see some change if any(This would be the fastest way to combat the ich) in a display tank. Also, I have never medicated in my 20 years of aquarium husbandry fresh or salt. I have heard ich is in all systems as well and stressed fish will come down with it? Yes, you could try to sterilize your tank with a UV sterilizer although I do not believe in using these for my personal tanks. Going natural has always been my method. Too each there own.

 

[Tracey2]

Thank you guys for your help. My regal is still eating flakes, she is a fighter but lots of ich in the tank.

 

[mikid]

Regal

Regal

now has been eating pe-mysis and mircocrabs......doing good so far.....

 

[teog]

now has been eating pe-mysis and mircocrabs......doing good so far.....

Thats great to hear!

Mine has eaten everything Ibe put in the tank, including prime reef flakes and pellet. Evem though it was already in a tank for a while, I am still nervous about his eating habits.

 

[mikid]

regal

regal

yes, i agree with that!....................:thumbsup:

 

[Argentiner]

Just wanted to share a pic of my regal. Had her for almost a year now. Eats everything, and nips and most things too. Good thing she's my fav fish.

 

[Finsky]

A very nice Regal indeed.

Mine has a small white streak of skin color just above its both of its eyes? It is not an infection, just a "blemish" of white. The white skin appears healthy.

It has had them since I can remember and I have had it since 8/2008.

All its other color complexions are perfect and all its behaviors are healthy including skimming, socializing with other tank inhabitants and it does not have a problem with eating including the Tuesdays and Thursdays when I soak the food in Selcon?

Could this be a complexion issue specific to my particular 3 /12 inch Regal? Does its Indo-Pacific origin have anything to do with these white markings??????

 

[dviper150]

I just bought a regal angel and an emperor from bluezooaquatics 3 days ago and the regal still hasn't started eating. The emperor eats anything I put in the tank. I offered it, mysis, algae sheets, formula 1 and even the sample food that bluezooaquatics gives with each of their shipments that is suppose to make the fish go crazy over it but still no luck.

I recently bought garlic and vitachem and mixed that with the foods but still no nibble. Is this normal for it? How can I get it to eat? What food will entice it to start eating?
Thanks for the help!!

 

[RegalAngel]

I just bought a regal angel and an emperor from bluezooaquatics 3 days ago and the regal still hasn't started eating. The emperor eats anything I put in the tank. I offered it, mysis, algae sheets, formula 1 and even the sample food that bluezooaquatics gives with each of their shipments that is suppose to make the fish go crazy over it but still no luck.

I recently bought garlic and vitachem and mixed that with the foods but still no nibble. Is this normal for it? How can I get it to eat? What food will entice it to start eating?
Thanks for the help!!

This is a fact of life for Regal Angels as many have attested to on these forums. I also purchased a 5.5" Regal Angel about 2 months ago from BZA and it also will not eat except for an occassional live worm, freeze dried tubifex, but not enough to maintain its fat healthy condition that it arrived in. Unfortunately, it is now down to skin/skelton and will only last another few days. Some say the Red Sea Regals do better with captive foods?
Good luck as I tried all types of foods but do not have any sponges to feed. I believe was hooked on crustaceans in its natural environment, and never was able to adapt.

 

[rgentry123]

try clams on a half shell. that will at least get him eating something. that is a good food to try and get them started on eating. you just have to try and keep feeding differant types of foods.

 

[dviper150]

Thanks, I will try some clams. By the way, do clams expire? I bought 2 clams about a month ago and put them in the fridge instead of the freezer and I took them out today to try it out and they smelled really bad so I ended up throwing them away. I will go buy some fresh ones tomorrow.

 

[rgentry123]

2 best ways to tell if they are good is obviously smell, if they smell dead they probably are and if the the clam is open. if it is sealed tightly it should still be good. after you get it eating the clams pretty well you can start to try weaning him onto prepared foods but get him eating SOMTHING first. then try the prepared foods. i just went through all of this recently and mine is just now really staarting to take prepared foods after about 3 weeks.