Regal Angel Primer

jsmith0193 and HOZERTHEBONEFISH, We are off topic regarding this and, your comment are welcome just send me a PM this or visit my website.

The regal as far as I am concern do not live long comming from here. It is that simple and my search to find out why lead me to talk to the collectors who catch them and not all use net.

Now, why do I recommend MAC this is because they are the only organization that plans to put a LAB testing facility to test for cyanide so this is another assurance.
 
Perhaps the regal angels from your area don't live long because of the foreign species that you are introducing into their environment. :D

What do the MAC folks think of introduction of foreign species?
 
Regals have been dying not because of the foreign species release. It was only a few days ago I release this species in the wild. This species have been dying for years before I started to releasing fishes in the wild.

And for your info a scuba diver have sited Adult French Angel and Queen Angel here believe it or not. Knowing this I was really shock to discover this from a scuba diver who took the picture and did not even know it was. Until I told him what it was. Very Rare encounter. Found in one of our 7100 island.

We have more problems like illegal logging in our country and illegal use of cyanide that is killing hundreds of fishes. Sorry, this is an interesting topic to discuss but since RC has an announcement I must keep the topic in line with regal angels. Good luck with your regal.
 
Psionic

I looked everywhere. There is no fish store in their right mind(if they did their research) to offer any guarantee on the regal. Every mail order store has them in the "exempt" category.
 
True, I have found that out also. But if I am ordering from a place that states the fish is eating like themarinecenter:justrarefish:phisybusiness, I want some guarantee :)
 
Psionicdragon,

Excuse the dose of reality, but unfortunately, sorry to say there are no guarantees in this hobby.

Although, I do like your thinking. :)
 
nctangman said:
Psionicdragon,

Excuse the dose of reality, but unfortunately, sorry to say there are no guarantees in this hobby.

Although, I do like your thinking. :)
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Hehe True, I was asking for the arrive alive guarantee type of thing and not guarantee forever :P
 
Ah, OK..

I have used LA and Vivid Aquariums both I believe have 14 day arrive live guarantee. I had a cleaner shrimp from Vivid that was DOA, and I didnt have any troubles or push back getting credit for it.. Dave was very easy to work with.

Kirk
 
I have a question for all the regal angels owners out there. What do you folks think of keeping this fish in a 180 gallon SPS only reef? Any nipping or eating of SPS? Thanks in advance.
 
Just wanted to say this is a most excellent thread with lots of great practical information on Regal Angels. I've had a Pacific Regal for a few months now and will post a summary of my impressions soon (wanted to give it some time to round out my observations).

I do have a general question to all the Regal owners: has anyone heard of captive spawning (and rearing) for this species? I am aware of the pairing video posted some time back, but was wondering if there were any further successes in this area that people might have heard. I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this question, but thought it would be good to check.

Also, I'm looking for a [good] photo of Red Sea Regal (which show the yellow throat coloration) and permission to use it. This is for a profile I'm working up for another group. Full photo credit will be given.

Thanks for the help.
 
I just reread Vivid's guarantee and they have regal exempted.

How many people have bought a regal from vivid the first time and it lived and ate?

If two regals are placed in the same tank at the same time, given that the tank is big enough to substain both, will they get along or fight to the death?
 
Kahuna

I think in general regals are sps safe although there are always exceptions.

Rondelet

You can use my pix but they are not very good!

Psionic

I had a regal from vivid. Ate a little bit got cloudy eyes and died in about 10 days or so. It was a larger male (good 4.5-5 incher) Not very full in the belly like my healthy female. I am not likely going to mail order regals.
 
Thanks for the reply Hozer, it's not that I'm lazy or anything, I've actually gone back to page one of this thread and am reading through the replies but this is one intense thread! Great info on this challenging and beautiful fish.
 
Hozer: thanks for the pic. Should work with some post processing to lighten it up (if you that's ok).

Hozer & Psionic: IMO I wouldn't buy any fish unless I had a good look at it and could observe it and the surroundings it came from. Probably a topic for another thread, but I'm not a big fan of buying fish mail order - sight unseen.
 
Rondelet said:
Hozer: thanks for the pic. Should work with some post processing to lighten it up (if you that's ok).

Hozer & Psionic: IMO I wouldn't buy any fish unless I had a good look at it and could observe it and the surroundings it came from. Probably a topic for another thread, but I'm not a big fan of buying fish mail order - sight unseen.
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I had a regal from vivid. Ate a little bit got cloudy eyes and died in about 10 days or so. It was a larger male (good 4.5-5 incher) Not very full in the belly like my healthy female. I am not likely going to mail order regals.
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I would agree, but there are not any fish stores around me that are willing to take risks on regals or other fishes that I am into :(. I really don't want to mail order, but if I really want it, I will have to.
 
Psionicdragon said:
I would agree, but there are not any fish stores around me that are willing to take risks on regals or other fishes that I am into :(. I really don't want to mail order, but if I really want it, I will have to.
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Psionic,

I appreciate your dilemma here and realize many stores will not carry RAs for a variety of reasons - but mostly because they feel it's unethical. The trick for me has been to find a LFS with a marine/reef specialist who knows what they are doing and whom, after many discussions, I have a lot of confidence in. Interestingly, the main LFS stores that cater to marine/reef enthusiasts in Victoria all have a no return policy for saltwater purchases. They will take fish off your hands, but will not issue credit - all sales final!

Good luck with the search.
 
Rondelet
Look couple pages back in this thread. I have a few pix posted of my regal that are much better quality than my avatar.

Psionic
I am surprised that the bay area has limited supply of regals in the LFS. It would seem that after So cal it would have the next best livestock selection.
 
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