Regal Angel Primer

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15664460#post15664460 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Rockymtreefer
Hi luis

This fish was not eating when i first got him.It took me 3 weeks to get him to eat everything.I started with live clams then after he was eating that well i started stuffing the clam with prepared foods.Eventually i put no clam and just put prepared foods on the clam shell.Then i moved to just dropping the food in.I did not treat the fish with prazipro until he was eating well.Prazipro can stop an eating fish from eating and a fish that is not eating to begin with will become impossible.One thing you can do is give the fish a freshwater bath to give the fish some relief if you are sure he has flukes get him eating well then treat with the prazipro to kill off the remaining flukes and eggs.HTH-Kieth
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Wow, that was fast.

I will follow your suggestion, I will remove prazipro and give him a fw dip to remove flukes. I will give him some time hopefully he will start eating soon.

3 weeks, huh? that's a lot, is a fish usually able to support that long with no food?

I'm possitive he has flukes, after 20 mins of adding Praziquantel to the QT tank he started to "scratch" against the floor and PVC and some "things" fell off his body. I'm using pharmacy praziquantel or Cesol as there is no Prazipro available around here, Im using enough to have 2.5mg/l concentration as per Hikari instructions (prazipro).

I will keep trying with live clams, and will try to offer as much variety of food as possible.

Txs again for your words.

Congrats for your beautiful fish.
 
Time and patience and a lot of luck :)

When you do the dip make sure the temp is the same and you have buffered to match ph. also aerate the water really well prior to placing the angel in. The fish may sink to the bottom of the container. That is not necessarily bad. It is very stressful (at least for me) and took everything I had to continue. If it starts darting around like it's going to jump out of it's scales, that's not a good sign. Remove right away and back into salt water. Otherwise just monitor the fish the entire time.
 
Can someone tell me if this is a Red Sea or an Indo Pacific Regal. REGAL ANGELFISH (PAPUA NEW GUINEA), I bought one and I am just curious. Thanks in advance
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15666767#post15666767 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TOOTIME
Can someone tell me if this is a Red Sea or an Indo Pacific Regal. REGAL ANGELFISH (PAPUA NEW GUINEA), I bought one and I am just curious. Thanks in advance
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Did you post a pic earlier in the thread?

Generally the gray bellied are Indos, but not all yellow Bellies are Red Sea either.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15664612#post15664612 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Rockymtreefer
That is a beautiful fish recty.I really wanted a smaller fish and actually ordered a smaller fish but ended up with one about 4 inches.Have you tried live brine at all?Sometimes that can stimulate them to eat.
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I havent tried live brine yet but I've tried about everything else known to man.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15666813#post15666813 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by szwab
Did you post a pic earlier in the thread?

Generally the gray bellied are Indos, but not all yellow Bellies are Red Sea either.
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No I have not posted a pic yet but will try to later tonight. I was just curious if anyone knew what coloration I would be receiving. Thanks...
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15666767#post15666767 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TOOTIME
Can someone tell me if this is a Red Sea or an Indo Pacific Regal. REGAL ANGELFISH (PAPUA NEW GUINEA), I bought one and I am just curious. Thanks in advance
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I would suspect if they didnt label it a "Red Sea" or a "Yellow Belly" then it's probably the gray/blue coloration, still a pretty fish!
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15696023#post15696023 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by klasiksb
For those of you with Regals; what other angels do you keep with them?
Thanks Sheila
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My Regal shares a tank with a Bandit angel.
 
Here is my regal ,definitely one of my best fish , had it for 6 years so far and it has the company of alot of other angels such as a full grown french, majestic,blueface, queen, potter,flame and venustus angels with her

couldnt resist showing her off not a good photo though, she hasnt grown much at all compared to some of the other angels she shares the aquarium with

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42085951@N06/3921486448/" title="regal by Kinlayan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2664/3921486448_7f83b79837.jpg"
 
kinlayan-How big is your tank? My regal is going in a 210 and I don't want to stress him out with aggressive fish. He is going to be the first fish in the tank.
 
The regal is currently housed in a 1320gal(5000 litres) aquarium for the last year after being moved from an aquarium of the same volume

and yes i doubt i could have kept her so healthy with so many large fishes if i didnt have the large volume of water and territory
 
If it helps anyone, I just started feeding my regals Cyclopeeze flakes. They eat it at the same aggressiveness as clam on the half shell.
 
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I'm new to RC and would like to say everybodys regals look awsome ...I have had one for about 5 months now and it eats everything i put in the tank beauitful fish but recently i had to put it in my sump to swim around because it ate all my zoos,and my clove....I hate to see him in my sump he's my show fish and i wish some one would buy him from me the LFS doesn't want to give me anything for him and i just want what i paid for him 5 months ago ...sorry i'd post pics but i don't know how to....I think the regal is the best looking fish out there just don't want my tank to suffer because of one fish.....
 
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15708199#post15708199 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by loblazer1999
I'm new to RC and would like to say everybodys regals look awsome ...I have had one for about 5 months now and it eats everything i put in the tank beauitful fish but recently i had to put it in my sump to swim around because it ate all my zoos,and my clove....I hate to see him in my sump he's my show fish and i wish some one would buy him from me the LFS doesn't want to give me anything for him and i just want what i paid for him 5 months ago ...sorry i'd post pics but i don't know how to....I think the regal is the best looking fish out there just don't want my tank to suffer because of one fish.....
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If you want Zoas and Cloves that is what a frag tank or small tank tied into your tank is for when you keep a Regal. Because Regal>Zoas
 
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