Regal Angel Primer
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rgentry123
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sorry for not getting back but unfortunately i dont have any good news to report 
poor little guy was doa. when i got him the water temp was probably in the low 50s. it really makes me sick because i checked him out and he was a very plump and healthy looking little angel. small too, only about 3". little guy still had his eyespot. it's totally bummed me out the entire day. it sucks cause he didnt have to die and from the way he looked anyway he had already been pretty well and probably would have acclimated to the tank life fairly well. oh well. hard to tell from looking at a dead fish i suppose. the thing that really tops it all off though? the woman who was at the fedex location when i went to pick him up this morning told me that the plane that was bringing my little guy in got stuck due to some icy weather and packages were delayed while being boarded onto the plane. i asked if this meant that all the packages were left outside while they waiting for the weather to clear up, you know what she says? "probably so" she then picked up the box and read it and said "oohhh a little fishy! i sure hope he's an arctic fish with the weather he was stuck in!" it took every ounce of strength to not leg drop this woman sitting at the counter. real icing on the cake. hope everyone else is having a good day :uzi:
poor little guy was doa. when i got him the water temp was probably in the low 50s. it really makes me sick because i checked him out and he was a very plump and healthy looking little angel. small too, only about 3". little guy still had his eyespot. it's totally bummed me out the entire day. it sucks cause he didnt have to die and from the way he looked anyway he had already been pretty well and probably would have acclimated to the tank life fairly well. oh well. hard to tell from looking at a dead fish i suppose. the thing that really tops it all off though? the woman who was at the fedex location when i went to pick him up this morning told me that the plane that was bringing my little guy in got stuck due to some icy weather and packages were delayed while being boarded onto the plane. i asked if this meant that all the packages were left outside while they waiting for the weather to clear up, you know what she says? "probably so" she then picked up the box and read it and said "oohhh a little fishy! i sure hope he's an arctic fish with the weather he was stuck in!" it took every ounce of strength to not leg drop this woman sitting at the counter. real icing on the cake. hope everyone else is having a good day :uzi:
teog
New member
Well I bought my regal today. Unfortunetly I dont pick him up until Tuesday. We have a local reef store that is going out of business and I bought there red sea regal. It has been in there display tank for over 2 yrs. He is large, fat and eats everything.
I was told he eats zoos, but leave sps and clams alone. Not a big loss for me since Im not a big zoo fan. I do have a couple in my tank now, but Id rather have the regal instead of them. Ill post pics once I get him.
I was told he eats zoos, but leave sps and clams alone. Not a big loss for me since Im not a big zoo fan. I do have a couple in my tank now, but Id rather have the regal instead of them. Ill post pics once I get him.
Finsky
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Good Luck
Good Luck
It really think is sucks your fish did not make it. Hopefully you can try again with another Regal:reading:
Good Luck
It really think is sucks your fish did not make it. Hopefully you can try again with another Regal:reading:
rgentry123
Member
well, i have tried again and my new regal has come in, he's about 4" and i go him on friday and so far not eating anything yet. i have tried clam on a half shell as well as pe mysis soaked in garlic, im going to try an angel formula tomorrow and se if that works, any other ideas or thoughts on prompting a feeding response?
flameangel88
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I wouldn't worry about the Regal not eating yet as it may still be stressed from shipping. I would just let it be for 2 days and keep the lighting at minimal for the most part. I've one recently that took 26 days to even just nip and spit brine. It started to develop a small bulge on one side and missing a small chunk on the anus area which I treated 2 rounds of Prazi and Maracyn 2 and by the 3rd day on the 2nd round of Prazi the Regal started nipping on food and the bump on the side was gone. It's been eating pellets since. I also treated with Cupramine before it went into the DT.
My recommendation is to feed small food size such as enriched brine or Arti-pods before going with PE Mysis.
GL with your Regal!
My recommendation is to feed small food size such as enriched brine or Arti-pods before going with PE Mysis.
GL with your Regal!
Finsky
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I would try the dispersal method with good food and let them have at least five minutes worth of food around the tank for a new fish.
I have a 3 1/2" Regal Angel in the tank for a year and a half which started eating with this approach.
Mixture of various frozen foods, freeze dried mysis and brine shrimp mixed with seaweed pieces and "Sea Veggies" in a 1/4 measuring cup with Selcon and some aquarium water. I then turn the my protein skimmer and two 3,250 gph Hydor 8 water pumps off and dip the measuring cup with the food into the water. The fish start to eat it right out of the measuring cup before I empty it into the tank and it disperses which gives everybody a chance of tasting and/or smelling some food. This dispersal method for a few days may require an extra water change or not depending on how much and how often you try it.
Drs. F & S lists the Regal Angel as well as the Clown Tang as "expert only" level in a range from easy, moderate, difficult, and expert only.
I have just received a 4" Clown Tang on Friday evening and tried my dispersal feeding approach Saturday evening before the Clown had a chance to come out of its back right corner territory and join the Powder Blue, Vlamingi, Purple, Sailfin, and Yellow Bellied Regal tangs. It did swim out and at least sniffed some food which is approaching my goal to get a "new" fish interested and eating. This morning before the lights turned on the Clown tang was swimming around with the other tangs with no aggression shown.
I hope it will join the other tangs and my Regal, Blue Girdled, Lamark, and Red Striped Dwarf Angels for dinner tonight!
P.S. I love those Flame Angels although I have never had success with acclimating one for whatever reason so I am trying a Red Striped Dwarf which came with the Clown.
I have a 3 1/2" Regal Angel in the tank for a year and a half which started eating with this approach.
Mixture of various frozen foods, freeze dried mysis and brine shrimp mixed with seaweed pieces and "Sea Veggies" in a 1/4 measuring cup with Selcon and some aquarium water. I then turn the my protein skimmer and two 3,250 gph Hydor 8 water pumps off and dip the measuring cup with the food into the water. The fish start to eat it right out of the measuring cup before I empty it into the tank and it disperses which gives everybody a chance of tasting and/or smelling some food. This dispersal method for a few days may require an extra water change or not depending on how much and how often you try it.
Drs. F & S lists the Regal Angel as well as the Clown Tang as "expert only" level in a range from easy, moderate, difficult, and expert only.
I have just received a 4" Clown Tang on Friday evening and tried my dispersal feeding approach Saturday evening before the Clown had a chance to come out of its back right corner territory and join the Powder Blue, Vlamingi, Purple, Sailfin, and Yellow Bellied Regal tangs. It did swim out and at least sniffed some food which is approaching my goal to get a "new" fish interested and eating. This morning before the lights turned on the Clown tang was swimming around with the other tangs with no aggression shown.
I hope it will join the other tangs and my Regal, Blue Girdled, Lamark, and Red Striped Dwarf Angels for dinner tonight!
P.S. I love those Flame Angels although I have never had success with acclimating one for whatever reason so I am trying a Red Striped Dwarf which came with the Clown.
szwab
Premium Member
third day in tank and second day of feeding,see it picking at the rocks but still doesnt join the others feeding yet,well see.............mike
Have a pic by chance?
Finsky
New member
Sounds like you have it eating which is more than half the ball game.
Sounds like you have it eating which is more than half the ball game.
I would try as many different types of food as possible to see what it will eat. Eventually, it may start eating everything you put into the tank. Mine likes the small 1/8" cutup pieces of razor clam I feed to the fish after I feed larger 1/2" chunks to my two red rose bubble tip anemones. The longest one of my new fish ever went before it started eating with the community was around two weeks.
I received a pack of Instant Ocean's new type of food as a sales introduction with my Clown tang. It comes in the plastic housing like frozen food only it has multiple small 1/2 inch squares of foi froml which you tear off the corner and squeeze out the food like toothpaste into the aquarium. It stays togeather whatever size piece you squeeze out as it is not made up like frozen food which has a lot of
water. It does not require refrigeration. Really cool and something to think about for future feeding.
Sounds like you have it eating which is more than half the ball game.
I would try as many different types of food as possible to see what it will eat. Eventually, it may start eating everything you put into the tank. Mine likes the small 1/8" cutup pieces of razor clam I feed to the fish after I feed larger 1/2" chunks to my two red rose bubble tip anemones. The longest one of my new fish ever went before it started eating with the community was around two weeks.
I received a pack of Instant Ocean's new type of food as a sales introduction with my Clown tang. It comes in the plastic housing like frozen food only it has multiple small 1/2 inch squares of foi froml which you tear off the corner and squeeze out the food like toothpaste into the aquarium. It stays togeather whatever size piece you squeeze out as it is not made up like frozen food which has a lot of
water. It does not require refrigeration. Really cool and something to think about for future feeding.
Finsky
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Instant Ocean "Marine Blend" Omnivore Formula
Instant Ocean "Marine Blend" Omnivore Formula
Interesting about the gelatin as my father developed a serious allergy to this in his 70's and anything containing it would make his throat constrict. I think he carries an EPI Pen?
It comes in about six different varieties such as Herbivora, Krill, Brine Shrimp, Omnivore at Drs Foster and Smith Web site on sale at the moment.
My free Marine Blend "Omnivore" lists Guaranteed Analysis:
Min. Crude Protein 10.0%
Min. Crude Fat 1.5%
Min. Crude Fiber 1.0%
Max. Moisture 85.0%
Min. Phosphorus .05%
Min. Ascorbic Acid (Vit. C) 266 MG/KG
They do give the a lot longer list under INGREDIENTS including different vitamins, fish meal, brine shrimp, krill, fish oil, etc. I don't have time to write them all. Soy Protein Isolate, wheat gluten, xanthan gum, guar gum are the ones which might hold it togeather. I suppose they have some preservatives listed with long names at the end which probably are used in human food?
Instant Ocean "Marine Blend" Omnivore Formula
Interesting about the gelatin as my father developed a serious allergy to this in his 70's and anything containing it would make his throat constrict. I think he carries an EPI Pen?
It comes in about six different varieties such as Herbivora, Krill, Brine Shrimp, Omnivore at Drs Foster and Smith Web site on sale at the moment.
My free Marine Blend "Omnivore" lists Guaranteed Analysis:
Min. Crude Protein 10.0%
Min. Crude Fat 1.5%
Min. Crude Fiber 1.0%
Max. Moisture 85.0%
Min. Phosphorus .05%
Min. Ascorbic Acid (Vit. C) 266 MG/KG
They do give the a lot longer list under INGREDIENTS including different vitamins, fish meal, brine shrimp, krill, fish oil, etc. I don't have time to write them all. Soy Protein Isolate, wheat gluten, xanthan gum, guar gum are the ones which might hold it togeather. I suppose they have some preservatives listed with long names at the end which probably are used in human food?
teog
New member
regal in the tank
regal in the tank
Well here is the regal I finally brought home. He was in a coral display tank at a LFS that went out of business. They had him in there tank for over 2yrs.
The owner stated he is from the indian ocean. He is huge! Biggest fish in the tank now. He is fat and healthy!
regal in the tank
Well here is the regal I finally brought home. He was in a coral display tank at a LFS that went out of business. They had him in there tank for over 2yrs.
The owner stated he is from the indian ocean. He is huge! Biggest fish in the tank now. He is fat and healthy!
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