Regal Angel Primer

[cFloor]

Prior to adding the last Regal, the Flame Angels and the Regal Angels ignore each other. When I added the first Regal, if I remember correctly, she was smaller than the male Flame Angel. Regal angels are not timid and can certainly hold their own against other fishes. Will see how this one do in a few months. He seem to be OK for now. I will just have to feed him in his corner. He is fast, just darts around the rock when the other fishes chase him.

Best of luck with your little guy. I have a similar situation in my tank. I have two large regals and a very tiny yellow belly that I've had for almost a year now. When I got him, it was the smallest regal I've ever seen. The two large ones definitely interact with each other but they completely ignore the little one.

Here's my two large ones. The baby is always in and out of the rocks and tough to get a pic of.

 

[OrionN]

I was told that the yellow chested sub-species reproductive unit is pair while the blue chested reproduced in harem structure of one male and multiple females.

 

[Dromon]

That's a really awesome photo. It has a heavenly quality to it.

Best of luck with your little guy. I have a similar situation in my tank. I have two large regals and a very tiny yellow belly that I've had for almost a year now. When I got him, it was the smallest regal I've ever seen. The two large ones definitely interact with each other but they completely ignore the little one.

Here's my two large ones. The baby is always in and out of the rocks and tough to get a pic of.

 

[ClownNut]

I lost my hope after it eats live clam for 2 days then goes back to not eating. 2 more weeks went by, the magic moment finally happened it nips at the blood worm settled on the floor(of course, it's the same day i picked up another yellow-breasted regal perfect size, about 3") Only start with 2-5 worms per cube. And now it went crazy on bloodworm and pellets. Over all the food I can't believed it will eats the 2 things it never seen in its life.......not sure what to think about that.
Well, that bring me to my second issue. How do I change its mind about eating anything else? I do feed mix of a lot of cubes, but bloodworm is not on the list daily. I have 9 type of cube and I do 3 cubes plus small piece of rod or Larry or pe daily. When I mixed mysis and bloodworm togather, it will pick out all the bloodworm and left the mysis untouched...

 

[OrionN]

If he eat pellets, I would just feed him pellets. Eventually he will eat other things. Mine was refer flakes over everything else at first now he eats everything.

 

[ClownNut]

in the qt i dont have a problem with pellets since it's a smaller tank not a ton of flow, they will settle and it will find them. i am afraid once i moved it into the display with high flow it wont find any food and i dont want him to chow on my zoas. catch him out the display first time it's PITA, i really dont want to do it again. well, i guess it has to stay in the QT unitl it change its mind lol.

 

[this is me]

This fish thread is too cool to be buried 10 page down the forum.

 

[Salty150]

This fish thread is too cool to be buried 10 page down the forum.

Very true -

However, don't want everyone going out and getting this difficult fish because of its beauty and thinking it is going to be an easy fish to start to take care of.

 

[this is me]

No. That wasn't my intention.

 

[alton]

I think the $200 retail price tag along with being juveniles, has helped transhippers and wholesalers take better care of this fish. And why they are doing much better surviving in captivity. Flame Angels on the other hand, I have not been so lucky.

 

[OrionN]

Unless a Reefer is wealthy or or not very smart, having a price tag of about 150+ tend to get him to do research before buying this fish.
This is certainly not a easy fish to get to live in aquarium at first.

 

[ThRoewer]

It's generally not an overly difficult fish to get to live in a tank - that is if you know how to pick one that hasn't been damaged by the supply chain.

Getting large ones is generally a good way to set yourself up for failure.

Small ones between 2 and 4 inches are IME the most likely to survive and thrive in a reef tank.

Larger ones I would only buy if I see them eating well in person - not just nibbling a bit but really digging in.

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[this is me]

After losing my pair during the tank transition, I ordered a Maldive juvie from LA and it's doing terrific.
I'm wait for LA to get more of these Maldive juvie in stock. It was the most painless regal acclimation I've encountered.

 

[alton]

After losing my pair during the tank transition, I ordered a Maldive juvie from LA and it's doing terrific.
I'm wait for LA to get more of these Maldive juvie in stock. It was the most painless regal acclimation I've encountered.

These where/are awesome!

 

[OrionN]

I got one that f these too. He is doing very well in my tank. Now just start to come out of the rock work. Smaller than my three flames angels so he often got chase by the five resident angels. Now he start to do well and able to get his share of food. For the last three or four weeks I have been feeding him in his hiding place twice a day.

 

[humaguy]

It's generally not an overly difficult fish to get to live in a tank - that is if you know how to pick one that hasn't been damaged by the supply chain.

Getting large ones is generally a good way to set yourself up for failure.

Small ones between 2 and 4 inches are IME the most likely to survive and thrive in a reef tank.

Larger ones I would only buy if I see them eating well in person - not just nibbling a bit but really digging in.

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ThRoewer always gives great advice!
Agree, not a tough fish..

 

[ThRoewer]

I got one of those tiny Maldives regals as well. It's the only regal ever to grow significantly - and really fast - in one of my tanks. In roughly 6 months it added at least 50% in length and roughly quadrupled it's mass - and it is only in a 40B!

On the less positive side, my Sumatra pair had a falling out and the tank sitter had to separate them. So for now the smaller one is recovering in the BSJ tank. When I'm back I will have to see what to do with them. The issue might be that the larger one is not really a male, at least not by the size of it's gill spines...

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[kmbyrnes]

After losing a Regal in TTM over Memorial Day, I am trying again. My new guy was at the LFS for two weeks while I waited to be sure he was eating. Purchased him last night and he was eating clams within half an hour of starting TTM. Wish me luck!

 

[OrionN]

One week after I added the small Regal Angel into the tank. He is in pick on my all 5 of the angels, the three Flames and the two Regal. So much that he is hiding in the L corner of my tank, in the rock. Fortunately he is small and agile. able to dodge the attacks of the larger angel fishes. He is eating at least. I have been squirting food into his corner and he is aggressively eating them.
This morning was the first time I see him peeking out from his corner and got chase back in by my male Flame Angel. Hopefully they will lessen their aggressiveness toward him as time go on. So far he have not loss any weight that I can see. No wound either.

He will do will do fine but still shy and still being bother by the other angels. He is much better and start to venture out of the rock. He also start to chase food down and eat with the other fish if I don't target feed him. He is still fat, but less fat than when I put him in several weeks ago.
I was able to nap a not to clear picture of him peaking out his corner. I am glad to see him out. He will be just fine.
BTW, even never QT my fish, my tank is Ich free. He dis not developed any disease through all these stress.

 

[kmbyrnes]

Regal made it through TTM and now in fully cycled QT.
Not feeding as well as I had hoped, but he does eat shrimp, clams and Nori. He picks at frozen.
He also seems a little shy which may be an issue when I want to get him in the 350. Suggestions for acclimation?