Regal Angel Primer
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alton
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I am thinking of setting up a temporary tank using my 100 gallon rubbermaid tub with liverock to hold the larger regal for a few weeks and see how the other fish react. If it goes well I will sell it, if the Flame angel male or black tang become terrors, then I will re-install the larger and sell the smaller. I hope my wife is understanding?
MondoBongo
Obligate Feeder Obsessed
so another question, i am still window shopping and see that Blue Zoo has the yellow breast variant listed, currently in stock ones are listed as Indian Ocean as their collection point.
what size would be your preference if you were ordering this fish today?
they have up to 2.5" and 2.5 - 3" listed in stock for the yellow bellies. i am inclined to go smaller rather than larger, but i'm sure that presents its own unique challenges.
i can get a wider range of size choice if i go with a blue breast one, but right now i'm fairly set on the yellow breast. if there's no reason to go with a larger size, i would probably order the smallest i could get.
anything i am not taking in to consideration here?
what size would be your preference if you were ordering this fish today?
they have up to 2.5" and 2.5 - 3" listed in stock for the yellow bellies. i am inclined to go smaller rather than larger, but i'm sure that presents its own unique challenges.
i can get a wider range of size choice if i go with a blue breast one, but right now i'm fairly set on the yellow breast. if there's no reason to go with a larger size, i would probably order the smallest i could get.
anything i am not taking in to consideration here?
OrionN
Moved on
I am 2/4 (more like 1/3 because I cheated on the last one)
One almost 2 inches Blue chest did great. Still have him. Next the same size blue chest, not make it. Next 5 inches yellow chested, did not make it (I should not have got that one). Then I cheated and got on from Alton, yellow chested 3.5 inches. He is doing great.
It can get a while to get them to eat so I would not get a really small one. I would not get one much below 2 inches. I don't have as much experiences as some of the Regal angel owner around here.
One almost 2 inches Blue chest did great. Still have him. Next the same size blue chest, not make it. Next 5 inches yellow chested, did not make it (I should not have got that one). Then I cheated and got on from Alton, yellow chested 3.5 inches. He is doing great.
It can get a while to get them to eat so I would not get a really small one. I would not get one much below 2 inches. I don't have as much experiences as some of the Regal angel owner around here.
MondoBongo
Obligate Feeder Obsessed
ThRoewer
New member
I would get one in the 2.5 to 3.5 inch range. All I got in that range were eating right away and didn't cause any trouble during acclimatization. With smaller or larger I had no luck. The only 3.5 inch I lost was likely due to cyanide. Though from all I know Blue Zoo get their Indian ocean regals either from the Maldives or Africa.
In the 2.5 to 3.5 range they are usually also just changing from juvenile to adult coloration.
The final argument would be the $50 lower price over the tiny.
In the 2.5 to 3.5 range they are usually also just changing from juvenile to adult coloration.
The final argument would be the $50 lower price over the tiny.
alton
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ThRoewer
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You looked at the wrong Regal angel listing!
Blue Zoo has them split into Yellow Bellies (Indian Ocean and Red Sea) and Regular (Pacific)
MondoBongo
Obligate Feeder Obsessed
Thanks everyone!
I did not pull the trigger yet. Maybe someone beat me to it.
They have two listings for regals that are a bit apart on their large angels page. The yellow breast ones are a few rows down.
I did not pull the trigger yet. Maybe someone beat me to it.
They have two listings for regals that are a bit apart on their large angels page. The yellow breast ones are a few rows down.
ThRoewer
New member
The small YBR are still there. Last time I checked they had 3 small and 2 tiny in inventory.
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alton
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ThRoewer do they get there fish from somewhere other than QM?
ThRoewer
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From what I know, Blue Zoo is the retail outlet of Pacific Aqua Farms and gets their livestock from them.
NYCEnglish
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I got my 3.5" Regal from LiveAquaria (not DD) - he's doing great so far (two weeks in). Arrived nice and plump and after day 1 has been eating pellets. Less interested in frozen so far (Reef Frenzy and PE-Mysis), although he nibbles at it and takes a few small portions.
ThRoewer
New member
My 2 Philippine regals passed the 300 day mark this week. Two more months to a full year. Both went from paper thin to really fat. Both have grown a bit too.
If I make it to set up the new 40B up that will replace my 18" cube I'm going to try if I can pair them up.
I hoped the dominant one would grow a bit more in his larger 40B sump tank than the submissive in the 18" cube. But they seem to be still the same size.
My Sumatra pair passed the 100 day mark. The "female" was fat from the start and maintained her weight well. She also behaves very natural and is picking all day on the rocks. The "male" lost some weight in the beginning but is eating very well now, even pellets from the surface, and is now slowly gaining weight. He is much more out in the open water and often swimming along the front glass. One change I noticed since I moved them to the 100 gallon tank is that his gill thorns have colored up from yellow to blue.
Both are getting along, but there is some chasing and the female now avoids the male a bit instead of following him around all the time. It is still a long way for them to be a true pair - first the "male" has to fully mature and become a functional male.
My last and smallest Sumatra regal is also well fed and interestingly the most aggressive of them all. While all the others largely ignore their tankmates, this little guy is a bit of a bully. It already showed this in quarantine where he constantly chased the dottybacks. Now, in the 42 gallon tank he continues this with a large neon dottyback that was before a bully himself. The regal leaves the percula and the large marine betta alone, but the dottyback gets chased whenever he is spotted. The small marine betta sometimes also gets shushed away.
I feel this one may be a primary male.
If I make it to set up the new 40B up that will replace my 18" cube I'm going to try if I can pair them up.
I hoped the dominant one would grow a bit more in his larger 40B sump tank than the submissive in the 18" cube. But they seem to be still the same size.
My Sumatra pair passed the 100 day mark. The "female" was fat from the start and maintained her weight well. She also behaves very natural and is picking all day on the rocks. The "male" lost some weight in the beginning but is eating very well now, even pellets from the surface, and is now slowly gaining weight. He is much more out in the open water and often swimming along the front glass. One change I noticed since I moved them to the 100 gallon tank is that his gill thorns have colored up from yellow to blue.
Both are getting along, but there is some chasing and the female now avoids the male a bit instead of following him around all the time. It is still a long way for them to be a true pair - first the "male" has to fully mature and become a functional male.
My last and smallest Sumatra regal is also well fed and interestingly the most aggressive of them all. While all the others largely ignore their tankmates, this little guy is a bit of a bully. It already showed this in quarantine where he constantly chased the dottybacks. Now, in the 42 gallon tank he continues this with a large neon dottyback that was before a bully himself. The regal leaves the percula and the large marine betta alone, but the dottyback gets chased whenever he is spotted. The small marine betta sometimes also gets shushed away.
I feel this one may be a primary male.
