flameangel88
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Creetin,
Can you post a pic for comparison?
Thanks.
Can you post a pic for comparison?
Thanks.
Regal Angel Primer
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LargeAngels
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I thought I read somewhere (or heard) all regals start out with yellow bellies and depending on the variety either keep or lose them.
Don't quote me on this though
It is true that they first all start out as yellow bellies. The smaller they are the harder it is to tell if it is Pacific or Indian ocean.
It is still not likeing me much since I QT'ed him Treated him with antibiotics,clout and dipped him and then netted him after QT, and acclimated him to the DT.
He go's right where I cant see him when I am near the tank. I have a vid i'lll post that I get a small showing of him, But as soon as he see's me its off in the bat cave. He eats pretty good, but I cant be near the tank.
Maybe in a week or so he will trust me again, I'll try to get one soon as I can.
He's a fat SOB.
Poor picture, I am not known to be a good picture taker. 
I can gtet the blue to show up a little, But its there. Its a true blue belly that comes in yellow when juvi's.
I have seen a couple shipments come in my LFS and i am kicking myself i didnt get any of the small one's they had that was all yellow belly.
I can gtet the blue to show up a little, But its there. Its a true blue belly that comes in yellow when juvi's.I have seen a couple shipments come in my LFS and i am kicking myself i didnt get any of the small one's they had that was all yellow belly.
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I seen a transitioning regal from yellow to blue in post 118 here.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1775327&page=5
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1775327&page=5
I got an Regal Angel on monday, was really lucky with it, startet eating NLS pellets just hours after I put it in my tank
Here`s a video from today, hungry little fellow:
http://www.vimeo.com/10069385
Here`s a video from today, hungry little fellow:
http://www.vimeo.com/10069385
jhawkor
New member
I got an Regal Angel on monday, was really lucky with it, startet eating NLS pellets just hours after I put it in my tank
Here`s a video from today, hungry little fellow:
http://www.vimeo.com/10069385
Very nice. Where did you get yours?
I`m based in Norway and got it from my lfs, I think they got it from TMC in the Uk
Its surely the best looking fish I have!
NorthernCF
Premium Member
Special order... sure, for the sales floor, no way.
Outerbank
New member
I got an Regal Angel on monday, was really lucky with it, startet eating NLS pellets just hours after I put it in my tank
Here`s a video from today, hungry little fellow:
http://www.vimeo.com/10069385
What a great fish!! Beautiful color, fins, fat, and eating flakes!
(Re)joining the fray
(Re)joining the fray
I've been on hiatus from the hobby entirely for the past 3-4 yrs now and just this past summer started up my 135 reef again with just live rock this time. I've had only a 3" niger trigger in there for about 6 mos. now, not really anxious to add another fish until one caught my fancy.
So just to prove I'm no smarter now than the previous time I was into this stuff that next fish turned out to be a regal angel. It's "just" a grey-bellied (and pale-tailed - no one seems to mention that attribute much) regal, about 4" and fat.
The store had just gotten him in and unlike other regals I had seen he was gregarious, swimming normally, and eating live brine shrimp with some enthusiasm. So I thought about it over lunch and went back and bought him :rollface:
This was yesterday. He ate some brine in my tank and mouthed some flakes before spitting them out. He also picked at some thawed scallop.
Today I was dismayed to find him flashing on rocks and shimmying a fair amount in the morning. This behavior had largely abated by afternoon, but I suspect I'm not in for a completely smooth ride. Today he ate more brine, swallowed a couple flakes, picked at some nori, and then discovered he really liked the Spectrum pellets that others have mentioned in this thread (which I read a large portion of last night). So he is eating nutritious food already, yay. I also discovered about half of a 1" ball sponge that was on some rock was missing, lol.
Back in my previous life I was "successful" in keeping a Moorish Idol alive for almost 2 years in my full reef. He was such a great fish and pet that his death was the beginning of my decline in interest in the hobby. I mention it because I have been musing about the similarities between these two difficult fish. They both seem to have similar history and prognosis in an aquarium. They are difficult to get to feed, generally, but this varies greatly by specimen prompting much discussion about collecting practices and regional differences between fish. If they do eat then they often seem to thrive, right up until their unexpected and fairly sudden death a few months to a few years in the future, rarely with a solid assignable cause. They also both tend to do better generally in full reef tanks. And they both are reported to eat mostly sponges and tunicates in the wild.
This is probably just a long way around of saying what everyone suspects, but to me it's a pretty good case for that nutritional deficiency theory. I know that shortly before my Idol died I had been very busy traveling for work and had cut back considerably on the variety of foods that I offered him. I also had slacked on the reef upkeep a bit and it was beginning to degrade very slightly, which could implicate water quality, but I don't personally believe that otherwise healthy fish can be that sensitive to water fluctuations and still thrive in the wild.
So I think the connection between the two fish is diet. Humans have lost the ability to synthesize vitamin C as well as quite a number of other things we are dependent upon our diet to provide. It seems actually probable that this would also happen to highly evolved reef fish.
The thing that started me thinking about all this was actually the weird head wagging behavior of my regal when it would swallow something for the first few hours after putting it in the tank, as if it tasted really sour. My idol had also done that initially.
Sorry if this is rambling and redundant to other posts, but some of you may remember that I like to write :fun4: Wish me luck, I love angels!
(Re)joining the fray
I've been on hiatus from the hobby entirely for the past 3-4 yrs now and just this past summer started up my 135 reef again with just live rock this time. I've had only a 3" niger trigger in there for about 6 mos. now, not really anxious to add another fish until one caught my fancy.
So just to prove I'm no smarter now than the previous time I was into this stuff that next fish turned out to be a regal angel. It's "just" a grey-bellied (and pale-tailed - no one seems to mention that attribute much) regal, about 4" and fat.
The store had just gotten him in and unlike other regals I had seen he was gregarious, swimming normally, and eating live brine shrimp with some enthusiasm. So I thought about it over lunch and went back and bought him :rollface:
This was yesterday. He ate some brine in my tank and mouthed some flakes before spitting them out. He also picked at some thawed scallop.
Today I was dismayed to find him flashing on rocks and shimmying a fair amount in the morning. This behavior had largely abated by afternoon, but I suspect I'm not in for a completely smooth ride. Today he ate more brine, swallowed a couple flakes, picked at some nori, and then discovered he really liked the Spectrum pellets that others have mentioned in this thread (which I read a large portion of last night). So he is eating nutritious food already, yay. I also discovered about half of a 1" ball sponge that was on some rock was missing, lol.
Back in my previous life I was "successful" in keeping a Moorish Idol alive for almost 2 years in my full reef. He was such a great fish and pet that his death was the beginning of my decline in interest in the hobby. I mention it because I have been musing about the similarities between these two difficult fish. They both seem to have similar history and prognosis in an aquarium. They are difficult to get to feed, generally, but this varies greatly by specimen prompting much discussion about collecting practices and regional differences between fish. If they do eat then they often seem to thrive, right up until their unexpected and fairly sudden death a few months to a few years in the future, rarely with a solid assignable cause. They also both tend to do better generally in full reef tanks. And they both are reported to eat mostly sponges and tunicates in the wild.
This is probably just a long way around of saying what everyone suspects, but to me it's a pretty good case for that nutritional deficiency theory. I know that shortly before my Idol died I had been very busy traveling for work and had cut back considerably on the variety of foods that I offered him. I also had slacked on the reef upkeep a bit and it was beginning to degrade very slightly, which could implicate water quality, but I don't personally believe that otherwise healthy fish can be that sensitive to water fluctuations and still thrive in the wild.
So I think the connection between the two fish is diet. Humans have lost the ability to synthesize vitamin C as well as quite a number of other things we are dependent upon our diet to provide. It seems actually probable that this would also happen to highly evolved reef fish.
The thing that started me thinking about all this was actually the weird head wagging behavior of my regal when it would swallow something for the first few hours after putting it in the tank, as if it tasted really sour. My idol had also done that initially.
Sorry if this is rambling and redundant to other posts, but some of you may remember that I like to write :fun4: Wish me luck, I love angels!
Garfield90
New member
I've got a small regal angel (5-6 cm), still changing from juvenile to adult colours.
Since he was in the tank, i tried with pellets and angel formula, from Ocean Nutrition.
Now, 1 week later, he eats from my hand everything I give him: shrimps, artemia, mysis, but specially he eats Pigmy angel formula. You can try it.
Unfortunately, this is the hardest fish i've had ever, he's the fourth RA i've kept
Since he was in the tank, i tried with pellets and angel formula, from Ocean Nutrition.
Now, 1 week later, he eats from my hand everything I give him: shrimps, artemia, mysis, but specially he eats Pigmy angel formula. You can try it.
Unfortunately, this is the hardest fish i've had ever, he's the fourth RA i've kept
Kieth71
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Here is quick vid of my regal..its not high quality to say the least as my camera isnt great -Kieth
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Finsky
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Healthy Fish
Healthy Fish
The Regal Angel susceptible to Head & Lateral Line Erosion Disease, a long time developing and a long time healing if treated with the best water quality you can provide, treating your tank daily with a specific vitamin C product like Kent Marine-C, food soaked in Vitamin C and a good multiple vitamin product and/or Selcon which touts its fatty acids and some vitamins.
I personally treat my tank every day with Kent Marine-C and I soak my food in Selcon and a few drops of Kent Marine-C and will continue this feeding regime for the life of the tank and its inhabitants. I would not stop dosing the tank with Vitamin C since I saw my only fish with a healthy problem start to get better with Kent Marine-C. All my fish have perfect complexion except for a slight whitening of the skin around the eyes of my Regal Angel. I was told this is the very beginning of HLLE which was probably caused by a vitamin deficient diet and it could be reversed with Vitamin C. After approximately a month of dosing the tank with Kent Marine-C and adding it to food, my Regals facial skin is starting to turn back to the color of the surrounding skin. I was told I had caught it early with the two white lines above the the eyes as a specific identifier of HLLE.
I get the 8 oz bottle of Kent Marine-C although I think Brightwell Aquatics had a vitamin C product. I personally use both companys' products as I dose my corals with Brightwell Aquatics Zooplantoos. :bounce3:
Healthy Fish
The Regal Angel susceptible to Head & Lateral Line Erosion Disease, a long time developing and a long time healing if treated with the best water quality you can provide, treating your tank daily with a specific vitamin C product like Kent Marine-C, food soaked in Vitamin C and a good multiple vitamin product and/or Selcon which touts its fatty acids and some vitamins.
I personally treat my tank every day with Kent Marine-C and I soak my food in Selcon and a few drops of Kent Marine-C and will continue this feeding regime for the life of the tank and its inhabitants. I would not stop dosing the tank with Vitamin C since I saw my only fish with a healthy problem start to get better with Kent Marine-C. All my fish have perfect complexion except for a slight whitening of the skin around the eyes of my Regal Angel. I was told this is the very beginning of HLLE which was probably caused by a vitamin deficient diet and it could be reversed with Vitamin C. After approximately a month of dosing the tank with Kent Marine-C and adding it to food, my Regals facial skin is starting to turn back to the color of the surrounding skin. I was told I had caught it early with the two white lines above the the eyes as a specific identifier of HLLE.
I get the 8 oz bottle of Kent Marine-C although I think Brightwell Aquatics had a vitamin C product. I personally use both companys' products as I dose my corals with Brightwell Aquatics Zooplantoos. :bounce3:
LKGRenegade22
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Unfortunately I lost mine. Had him 3 weeks and he developed some infection and was eating one day and dead the next. Poor little fella.
