Regal Angel Primer

Hi RDMPE,

Not really a problem. I have Flame, Juv Queen and the Regal and they really haven't messed with anything. Occasionally one of the 3 might hit a coral once and then meander off. I haven't seen any of them pick and then stop and mow it down ( like me when the fresh fried chicken gets put out at Golden Corral) :). So I would say they are pretty good as I have seen no damage to anything per se.
So Far so good....
 
nex any updates?


My updates.
Probably about 3 weeks in my regal started eating flake in the water column. he now is actively feeding with the other fish. first thing he ate in the tank fter nipping at the rocks all day was a sliced open clam and then rolled up nori atached to a rock. now he is eating flake and I am going to get him on the formula's soon.
 
Hey bspete...

Wondering how your queen, flame, and regal get along?

I would LOVE to have all 3, but not sure how it would work out...
 
Marine One,

They all get along fine. Flame pretty much just does his own thing with little interaction with the other two. Queen and Regal get along fine but if there is a cube of food in the tank to eat you might see the regal chase the queen a little but nothing too bad at all. They get along fine with no issues at all when not feeding.

I do want to agree with a lot of the others that have posted in saying. Angels seem to be quite the individuals so while there are success stories to go around I have seen plenty of angels fight and eat various corals.

I think the best way of looking at it is. Are you willing to chance it? If someone had some major dollar corals that they were concerned about getting eaten then I would advise proceeding with caution.

If it matters ( which I do not know if it does) the Flame was established first, then the Queen and finally the Regal (who is biggest of all). Maybe things worked out better letting the "little" guy get established first and then put in the larger ones later.

Hope this helps and I wish you luck if you do try it. They are certainly beautiful fish.....

Take care.
 
Haven't seen the little Regal since the last time. :(

Holding out hope though as it alot of places to hide.
 
Nah, please don't. We had arguments either way and I took the decision myself. I reckon I'll see it in about a month and it'll be twice as big. :)
 
I have had a regal angel (about 4 inches long and from the red sea) for about 3 months now. I love this fish and he eats anything under the sun! I recently moved from Florida to Georgia and took my reef tank with me. My poor guy has since had ick, some sort of bacterial infection, cloudy eyes, and fin rot. I moved him into a quarantine tank and dosed with Bifuran and now I have switched to Kanaplex. I have also tried dips in freshwater and saltwater dips in paraguard. Fortunately, he is still very greedy with his food and I have been feeding him medicated pellets as well as garlic on his mysis. Does anyone have any other suggestions on how to beat this fin rot? He does look a bit better but he is still not healing 100%. I love this fish and want to help him the best that I can.
 
Unless you have something in your tank that would eat them, get a pair of cleaner shrimp (Lysamata) sp? They will have your regal back in good health in a few days at most. Plus they will feed your corals with regular "spawnings"

-Alfred
 
Thanks for your suggestion. I have a pair of cleaners and they do not clean very much, if at all. Anyone else know of a regal safe med to use to treat his fin rot?
 
Question about a possible regal purchase...

There is an LFS near me with a 4" regal. It is the blue belly variety. My understanding was that the yellow belly kind (from the Red Sea area?) tend to be more hardy. Anyway, the LFS is one I trust. They said that they had five in that were all in great shape and have sold four already. This last one has been in their shop for three weeks and looks great. Not skinny at all - nice and thick bodied, not shy either. And it ate some flake food (I think it was ON Forumla Two flakes but not sure) right there while I watched. Price is $79. Seems like a good opportunity to pick up a healthy fish as far as I can tell. How does it sound to you guys?
 
A 4" Red Sea Angel that has been in a shop for 3 weeks and is not skinny and is eating flake for $79 is a killer buy. Get it immediately. :)
 
I have just seen a regal near my lfs for $90. It is also not a Red Sea and eating flake. Do you guys think this animal will be well for a while or should I just wait for a Red Sea one? This animal has been in my fish store for two weeks.
 
RDMPE,
that sure sounds like a good buy and if he is already crunching flakes it would appear he is already acclimated well. The only real risk would be if he was cyanide caught and that did him in later down the road, but assuming he is not, I would think that would be a good buy. I would chance it myself for what its worth.

Plenty of the "good" Red Sea ones expire because they will not eat so if you can get one already eating and flake at that I think I would go for it....
 
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Question about a possible regal purchase...

There is an LFS near me with a 4" regal. It is the blue belly variety. My understanding was that the yellow belly kind (from the Red Sea area?) tend to be more hardy. Anyway, the LFS is one I trust. They said that they had five in that were all in great shape and have sold four already. This last one has been in their shop for three weeks and looks great. Not skinny at all - nice and thick bodied, not shy either. And it ate some flake food (I think it was ON Forumla Two flakes but not sure) right there while I watched. Price is $79. Seems like a good opportunity to pick up a healthy fish as far as I can tell. How does it sound to you guys?
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Remeber the indopacific ones are less reef safe.
 
I would chance it as well. However I'd ask them to hold it for an other two weeks. This way you can watch it eat a few more times. If your LFS is cool, you can try to place a few corals in the tank to see his reaction.
 
Well, I'd have to have them move it to a qt tank or something. They use meds in their fish system and most likely something copper based. So can't test any corals in there. I would hate to add him and have him eat all my softies/lps although at this point I don't have much yet...

I just won an aquapod 24 in a LFS raffle. Will be picking it up next weekend I hope. So I could use that to QT the RA for a little while and try some different corals in there... At least some zoas, torch, xenia, anthelia I have right now that I could move into qt with the RA...
 
If it were me I would just pass and get a redsea. they are not the hardest fish to come by and I am sure they can order one for you.
 
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