M007
Acro Whore
If you want to be safe, YES!!!
Regal Angel Primer
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If you want to be safe, YES!!!
mine doesnt touch any corals including zoos and scolly. luck of the draw
My Red Sea I added to my 211g today. Nipping at LR and eating sponges!
Will chime in tomorrow.
Looks nice and fat.. hope he starts eating for you.
Georgephoenix
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What is the general size that Regals grow to in an aquarium if bought at a small size (2-3 inches) ? I have looked on LA that the max size is 10 inches, is this the size that most peoples grow to ? I am looking at adding one to my 130 but am reluctant to if it was to grow to 10 inches.
Georgephoenix
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Thanks 
I think I will go for it and add one soon hopefully.
I think I will go for it and add one soon hopefully.
bobkill
reefer
He will soon! I can feel it
Did it work???
My regal is a 2.5 inch yellow belly from Sumatra .He only ate sponges and algae off the live rock for 2 weeks.Then he ate the clam on the 1/2 shell for another 2 weeks.After that he turned into a ravenous dog eating everything hitting the water .The key is to keep them alive until they figure out that the stuff floating in the water is yummy.Having other fish he can see eating off the water column is helpful.
sandwi54
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And he's dead.... Never ate any prepared food. Tried almost everything. Ugh.
Did he eat in the LFS? don't buy any regal that is not already eating something in the LFS, because 9 out of 10 times that means a dead regal.
Absolutely beautiful. Best of luck with raising your Regal.
I need some feeding tricks if anyone can here can help. I picked up a regal at a LFS last week. It picked at a couple brine shrimp so I thought it was worth a shot. It's in my 48x48" frag tank at the moment. When I introduce food the fish shows a response and has picked at a few things but it's not eating more than a bite or two. Below is a list of what I've tried. Does anyone have any suggestions of what else to try?
1.)Clams on the half shell. These are live ones from the seafood market. I keep them in my sump and crack 'em open fresh. When I first put them in the tank, the fish will take a few bites almost immediately but not much more than that.
2.)PE mysis. The fish has not taken any of these from the water column. I turn the pumps off and put the cube on the bottom and the fish took a bite or two tonight but I think it spit them out.
3.)Live blackworms, no interest.
4.)Live and frozen brine, no interest.
5.)Formula One flakes, no interest.
6.)A local reefers homemade food. A mix of clams, squid, fish, etc. No interest.
1.)Clams on the half shell. These are live ones from the seafood market. I keep them in my sump and crack 'em open fresh. When I first put them in the tank, the fish will take a few bites almost immediately but not much more than that.
2.)PE mysis. The fish has not taken any of these from the water column. I turn the pumps off and put the cube on the bottom and the fish took a bite or two tonight but I think it spit them out.
3.)Live blackworms, no interest.
4.)Live and frozen brine, no interest.
5.)Formula One flakes, no interest.
6.)A local reefers homemade food. A mix of clams, squid, fish, etc. No interest.
After two weeks the fish started eating. It will only take fresh mussels. Eats from my hand though. Hopefully I'll be able to wean it onto other prepared foods over the next few weeks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtpuwvP1iZE&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtpuwvP1iZE&feature=youtu.be
They are smarter than we thought... Just keep feeding him whatever he eats as often as you can. He'll come around.
found a LFS with a regal angel and was tempted to make the purchase as I have been interested in getting a regal for some time. Last week I saw one but was a bit wary since it was a larger ( 5-6" ) Indo-Pacific regal and would not eat. This weekend I checked up on it and it was breathing fast, color looking splotchy and hiding in the LR.
Sadly this beautiful fish's fate seems certain.
Sadly this beautiful fish's fate seems certain.
