Regal Angel Primer

insaneDynamix said:
Finally a regal angel. Was not eating at the LFS ... just picked at the rockwork for a couple of weeks and would not care for any frozen or processed food. He may have eaten some Zoas hard to say though.
Well actually, i was hoping he would eat some Zoas since he wasnt eating anything else.
Finally out of frustration, i moved him to the sump and started with some clam on the half shell and he went for it. Hid some mysis and flake in it next day but no luck ... finally i just dumped some flake in the sump. Guess he started sampling some and never looked back. Eating well now and fingers crossed he continues to.

Can you guys help me id the exact species?
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It’s just a blue/grey bellied regal. Not really any way to tell exactly where it’s from.

Something looks off with its eye. Can you take more pics under white lighting? Eye looks bulged to me, at east in that pic.
 
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Wondering, has anyone ever paired a yellow belly regal with an Indo-pacific regal?


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I have a yellow and a blue chest livingtogether in my 320 in the past. They were young but I am sure will pair up as they mature.
 
Good to hear, I think that would be super cool to have both types.

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I have a yellow and a blue chest livingtogether in my 320 in the past. They were young but I am sure will pair up as they mature.
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IUfan said:
Wondering, has anyone ever paired a yellow belly regal with an Indo-pacific regal?


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Can be done for sure. Get a adult and then a juvenile of the other and they should pair up no problem. They may fight a little but that should subside
 
Regal angel eating Bryposis?

Regal angel eating Bryposis?

Just curious if any of you regal angel keepers notice your regal angel eating bryopsis? I had a bad case of bryopsis in my tank for years that I've almost given up. They're not everywhere but they keep coming back no matter how I tried to remove them.

A few months back I added a regal angel in my tank, at that time I removed the excess bryopsis as usual and never paid attention to it. Fast forward to today, I don't think I could see any obvious patch of bryopsis. Now I had hair algae mixed with the bryopsis and have no idea if the regal targeted the bryopsis or ate them thinking they are hair algae.

A warning for those of you who intended to add a regal as control, I had a bad mishap with my Achilles tang wasted away after consuming large quantity of bryopsis. It happened when I went on a 5 days trip and the feeder stopped working. The Achilles must have consumed them because of hunger and he was having trouble digesting. It took many days for it to pass the algae out of his system and it never picked up weight even I was feeding it nutritious food. My 10 year old Achilles ended wasting away since that incident.

So far it doesn't seem to do the regal any harm and at the beginning I would see the regal passing traces of bryopsis regularly. Today I don't believe I have enough bryopsis in my tank to cause any harm. I am hoping to see if anyone else could have similar experience.

Thanks.
 
I need some advice on Qting a Regal. My typical method of QT is TTM. I use 20g longs for ttm. I also have CP but i always have ammonia issues when treating with CP. My concern is that I have read that Regals stop eating when they are stressed from moving tanks. Will TTM mean the Regal wont eat for more than 14 days due to the constant tank movement? Or will hunger kick in and eventually they will eat? The one I'm getting is currently eating frozen mysis. Approximately 4 inches. Should I qt alone or with some chromis? I can always use more chromis.
 
biglurr54 said:
I need some advice on Qting a Regal. My typical method of QT is TTM. I use 20g longs for ttm. I also have CP but i always have ammonia issues when treating with CP. My concern is that I have read that Regals stop eating when they are stressed from moving tanks. Will TTM mean the Regal wont eat for more than 14 days due to the constant tank movement? Or will hunger kick in and eventually they will eat? The one I'm getting is currently eating frozen mysis. Approximately 4 inches. Should I qt alone or with some chromis? I can always use more chromis.
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I’d try to hold off on the TTM until you can get it eating pellets. Mine eat pellets well. That wouldn’t foul the water as bad as frozen. Once it’s eating well I doubt it will stop during TTM. Make sure you also treat it for flukes.
 
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I have 4 in QT.
They were all together in a 200g with 2 goldflake angels and a golden puffer.
The goldflakes showed them all how to eat. I fed live oysters in the shell that I shucked. After they were in there for about 10 days eating the oysters I removed the lg(6”) and a 4” and put them in a 40g breeder for Ttm. I am now feeding pellets and part of an oyster during the process. Once they are done then the other two will go into ttm
 
Sweet tank. I just ordered a second one to try to pair up in my 210g. Seeing your tank makes me mad that I didn’t go bigger.
 
I had a pair in my 200gallons before this. How are you going to acclimate the one fish to the existing regal.
IME, the existing one will "check" the new one.
 
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