Regal Angel Primer

[pfan151]

So my guy is still acting strange. He did eat a mysis this morning - which is an improvement. I think he's confused however. He swims on his side a lot. The tank is barebottom, and he keeps staring at his reflection, then when he sees the "other" fish swim away, he swims next to it. Swims across the tank, and then rights himself - hangs out normally, and then goes vertical looking at himself in the bottom and repeats.

Not sure if this is a sign of something that I should treat now - or if he's just trying to get acclimated to his surroundings still.

I held off on Prazipro (as of now) - the formalin comes in today so I figured tonight we'll do that fun part for him - and maybe start Prazi tomorrow.

Thoughts?

Probably just from seeing his reflection. When you have him out for the formalin bath try taping some black paper to the bottom and 3 sides.

 

[UncleSalt]

Probably just from seeing his reflection. When you have him out for the formalin bath try taping some black paper to the bottom and 3 sides.

I did lift it up and put a pink towel underneath it - but I could still see his reflection in the glass too. I'll try some black paper today.

 

[ThRoewer]

Maybe add a handful of sand to the tank so that the fish can't see its reflection in the bottom.

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[Salty150]

Probably just from seeing his reflection. When you have him out for the formalin bath try taping some black paper to the bottom and 3 sides.

I did lift it up and put a pink towel underneath it - but I could still see his reflection in the glass too. I'll try some black paper today.

Like my message to you 5 days ago stated:

You also know that when you are QTing fish that all of the sides of the tank (except the front) should be blacked out, right?

And the article I linked you to stated:

You can help the fish feel secure in their environment in several ways. Paint the back, bottom and sides of the quarantine tank. Place the quarantine tank in a quiet location away from activity and noise. Keep the lighting dim over the aquarium and provide plenty of hiding places with PVC pipe of various sizes.

 

[UncleSalt]

So he seems to be doing okay. Ate a few more shrimps but nothing over the top.

I have noticed him shaking his head so I started a round of prazipro. I did about 2ml for 5 gallons of water. Haven't seen much effect on him though. The formalin was SUPPOSED to be here today, but like everything lately, was delayed. Tomorrow when it comes, I'll give him a nice bath and back into the prazipro-water


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[UncleSalt]

So the new delivery date on Formalin is Saturday! Hooray.....

I will say he is a lot more active after the dose of Prazi.

 

[alton]

Glad she is doing better, Prazi can be a wonder drug. And for the most part reef safe.

 

[UncleSalt]

How high of a dose can I do with prazipro? I did the initial dose - which he reacted well too - however I still see him shaking his head. The Formalin will be here tomorrow, but I was wondering if I can do a stronger dose (double). I read in several places that you can go 2x or 3x the recommended dose - but want to confirm!

 

[pfan151]

Day 3 of them being together. There was some chasing the first day. Small one had a couple little nips on the tail. Since then they have ignored each other and are both eating incredibly well. Neither take pellets so far but both gorge themselves on clams, mussels, mysis, and LRS

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[alton]

How high of a dose can I do with prazipro? I did the initial dose - which he reacted well too - however I still see him shaking his head. The Formalin will be here tomorrow, but I was wondering if I can do a stronger dose (double). I read in several places that you can go 2x or 3x the recommended dose - but want to confirm!

I dose what is written on the bottle

 

[ReefPharmer]

Regal Angel Primer

Took the plunge. I hope they don't eat my coralssssss, don't worry about my unique pvc in the qt tank, I didn't have a chance to get large pvc so I improvised

Does that look like a indo regal?

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[OrionN]

That is a blue face Regal from the Pacific, not from the Indian Ocean or the Red Sea.

 

[OrionN]

After been gone for 5 days, my son taken care of the reef tank for me, and feed the baby Regal, this morning he actively chase mysis and gobble up about 6 right off the bat. IMO, that is a very good sign.

 

[OrionN]

My 2 inches Regal is doing well. She is eating mysis and flakes. Actively chase down food in my QT system. This system if full of sponges, Microalgae and pods. She is also picking on the rock and no longer afraid of me. Anyway for the last 2 days, looking at her from above show that she is having a full bulging stomach.
She is hiding in a cave but I have my heater in this cave. When ever I feed, if she is not out I just jiggle to heater and out she go. I also have a breeding pair of Percula in this tank. I am really glad that this one is doing well.

 

[OrionN]

Here is my little guy just now. He is smaller than my mama-clown

 

[ThRoewer]

Here is my little guy just now. He is smaller than my mama-clown

Is that a Maldives from LA?

My little Maldives regal has grown a lot - at least an inch - in the 300 days I have him now. This is the size to get them at...

How is the blue Philippine regal doing? Mine has a really nice color and looks overall blue. One day I may try to pair it with my smaller Bali regal. My only concern with the Bali is that it is a quite dominant and aggressive for a regal. The Philippine is much more mellow. Same goes for the Sumatra pair.


My Sumatra pair starts behaving like a pair now. Hardly any chasing anymore and a lot of submission display from the smaller.

 

[OrionN]

Yes. She is the one I got from LA about 2 weeks ago. The blue Philippine Regal I got from you is doing great. Fat and eat everything. Now I have two blue chest and two yellow chest. Except in my DT there is a blue and a yellow. In my other system I have a blue and a yellow in my QT system. I cannot catch the one of the two Regal from my DT. I will attemp to do this over the next several weekends. My best chance is trapping. If I am able to trap them then I can pair them properly.
All my Regal are mellow. I thin it will be easy for me to pair them but I don't want to have two mismatched pairs.

 

[albano]

I think it will be easy for me to pair them but I don't want to have two mismatched pairs.

Is a mismatch a major problem? Many Angels have M/F color differences... if you're thinking to breed them, the 'Orion' hybrids might be very desirable!

 

[OrionN]

I certainly don't have the resources to breed them. There are thinking that the blue chest and yellow chest Regal angels should be different species. Certainly their behavior are different. While pairing them may be possible in aquarium, and they are likely have fertile off-springs, I don't want mismatched pairs.
Just my opinion I guess. I have raise hybrid before, namely the SnowOnyx pictured above was one of my babies. Father is a Snowflake and mom is a Rod's Onyx. Very beautiful fish.

 

[UncleSalt]

My little guy is doing well too! Still haven't been able to formalin dip him - why you ask? Because it still hasn't arrived. Fedex just shows "Pending" - and when I call Pet Solutions, they say they've reached out to Fedex and will let me know when they hear something - a bit frustrating. Mine is still very shy, rarely wants to come out of his tube except when there is food. I have maintained doses of prazipro and water changes. I haven't seen any head shaking and have seen zero signs of ich.

Contemplating skipping the formalin, but I know its a bad idea.