Regal Angel Primer

I'm starting to become concerned. Besides not eating, I noticed a subtle irregularity on his side that is developing into a leison of some sort, also a few fuzzy specks on his side fine. I'll post a pic when I get the time. It has been about 38 hours since introduction. I acclimated him over 7 hours. He came in water with a very low spg of 1.014. My systems tends to runs on the higher side. 1.024/5.
 
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regal day 2

regal day 2

Poor shot and mind he is in my refugium. He did take 2 mysis shrimp soaked in garlic today. Put they pretty floated in front of his mouth. My skimmer is working overtime with all the feeding attemps. I'm defintely concerned about the fuzz and sore on his one side that is becoming more apparent. Couldn't get a decent shot of it.
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It might just be a bad picture, but the belly on that Regal Angel appears "gray" in color. That's indicative of an Indo-Pacific Regal Angel rather than an Indian Ocean/Red Sea specimen. You indicated earlier that you bought an "Indian Ocean Regal." The Indian Ocean/Red Sea Regals have a bright orange belly and they do MUCH better in captivity than their Indo-Pacific counterparts. The IndianOcean/Red Sea Regals are also much more expensive than Indo-Paciifc fish. If that fish was sold to you as a Red Sea or Indian Ocean fish, I'd look into it. If you get a better picture, I'd be able to tell for sure.

As for the marks and not eating, I'd wait a few more days before I became very concerned. The fact that it took any prepared food is a very good sign. The next few days will be very telling. It should be exploring the aquarium and start eating more and more prepared food at each feeding. If it does not steadily improve, then you probably have a bad fish.

By the way, for anyone else reading this, I know that some people have claimed to have kept Indo-Pacific Regal Angels alive in captivity, but I've NEVER seen it done for any real length of time. I would never buy or recommend that anyone buy an Indo-Pacific Regal angel. I'd even be in favor of banning the collection of these fish. OTOH, I've seen many Indian Ocean/Red Sea Regals live long lives in aquariums. One of my Regal Angels died recently after 8 years in my aquarium. I have another that's 5 years old and going strong.

Greg
 
Pardon my ignorance but I didn't even inquire upon ordering it-a mistake I will not make again. It is indeed probably an Indo-Pacific Regal Angel and from the sounds of it, likely doomed. What a shame.
 
I have had my Red Sea Regal for about a month now. It just started taking prepared foods about 5 days ago, to my knowledge. It could have been accepting it before then, but it would go into the rockwork when I would pour the food into the tank. Now it eats with the other fish.

It has yet to harm or nip at any corals in the tank. I do only have leathers and mushrooms since I love angels.
 
Just realised that mine will reach it's 6 month anniversary of going in my tank the day before Christmas. I still remain amazed that he has never given me any problems either with eating or disease and has only managed the usual scuff and fin damage associated with sharing a tank with other ââ"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“robustââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ individuals.

The other day I found teeth marks on the base portion of one on my acroââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s. It might have been the Regal but even before he arrived, the occasionally bit of bite damage occurred. As per usual in these cases, I could identify no guilty party, the particular offence was not repeated, and the coral has recovered.

I once witnessed him take what looked like a bite of my clamââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s mantle but either he just took something off the shell and only annoyed the clam, or he did not like the taste, as the clam is back to normal and is again ignored by the Regal.

Steve
 
Greg

Sorry to hear that your older regal died.
Was it old age, disease or equipment failure?(or all of the above?)
Still an amazing accomplishment. May it rest in peace...
 
Indian Pacific Regal with some fuzz

Indian Pacific Regal with some fuzz

Day 3 in tank of Indian Pacific Regal. He's eaten maybe three pieces of mysis shrimp. He has some small fuzzy spots on his side fin and around a sore. He's activity level appears good and stable. I suspect he must have some sort of infection. I'm wondering if I should do anything or hope he acclimates and becomes healthy enough to improve on his own.
 
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hi all,
i need ur opinion guys,how to handle my situation..
i got my regal about 3 month ago from physhy\i bussness.fish came in really good condition,i have place her in my qt for about 2 weeks..everything wend great and smooth.i place her in my display tank..sps tank..
she was eating good mainly mysis and sometimes spirulina flakes.. about 3 weeks ago i run out of mysis and start feeding her with flakes..spectrum and spirulina
she didnt eat so good but she eat small portions and i notice she start getting thinner.. of cause i run out to lfs anf got her pack of mysis. now she still eating mysis but not like she eat before:(
she become more shy for some reason.
so, guys what would u recomed for me to safe her..

thankx,mike
 
for about two weeks,but i have them now
she is eating but not aggressively,like she use to..only couple of mysis...4or5 i think
 
Not haveing her food for two weeks might have stressed her. Good thing is that she's still eating a bit just keep an eye on her. Make sure you are offering her food a few times a day with caution not to overfeed the tank.
 
I brought home a beautiful regal angel for my 120 from the LFS who had it eating and quarentined for a few weeks time. I brought mine home and acclimated it VERY slowly. As soon as I added it to the tank, I had a yellow tang that was constantly pestering it and would back it into a corner.

I decided to seperate the two and put the regal in my refugium. When I woke up the next morning, it was stiff as a board :( That was a quick $80 down the tubes. Not to mention a waste of a gorgeous fish. :mad:
 
I brought home a beautiful regal angel for my 120 from the LFS who had it eating and quarentined for a few weeks time. I brought mine home and acclimated it VERY slowly. As soon as I added it to the tank, I had a yellow tang that was constantly pestering it and would back it into a corner.

I decided to seperate the two and put the regal in my refugium. When I woke up the next morning, it was stiff as a board :( That was a quick $80 down the tubes. Not to mention a waste of a gorgeous fish. :mad:
 
dame that sucks. should have put the tang in the refugium. much cheaper and hardier. maybe you can get some creadit back from the LFS. worth a try.
 
This was a while ago... I tried to catch the tang, but it was too quick. The Regal was easier to catch. I have since given the yellow tang away :p
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6311449#post6311449 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MSHUR
hi all,
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so, guys what would u recomed ......

thankx,mike
I think you should acquire a great variety of different foods and/or try or get one, or several, of the frozen food mixes. Their appetites seem to differ a lot between individuals - for instance some like sponges and some don't eat nori. Mine ignores sponges and tears into nori. As well as feeding frozen mysis shrimp and a frozen "marine green" mix, I produced a frozen mix of my own, including: mussel, octopus, squid, nori, cabbage, vitamins, scallop, fish, sponge and shrimp. All of this was to make sure it had plenty of variety to choose from and to give it a varied diet.

I still mainly feed these mixes but, over time, it has learnt, by copying the other fish, to eat every type of food I put into the tank. In the early days it was quite picky but probably it was just ignorant of the fact that the stuff drifting past was even food.

Steve
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6310859#post6310859 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by HOZERTHEBONEFISH
Greg

Sorry to hear that your older regal died.
Was it old age, disease or equipment failure?(or all of the above?)
Still an amazing accomplishment. May it rest in peace...

Although I don't know the normal lifespan of Regal Angelfish, I suspect that mine died of old age. It just became slower and slower in its actions and activity, and ate less and less over a period of a few months; then it died. I had the fish for 8+ years in captivity and it was probably 4+ years old when I got it, so it was probably 12-14 years old when it died. There is no other event that I can attribute to its death but old age. It looked absolutely perfect when it died. I was sad when it died, but it lived a good long life, at least for a fish. :)

My "newer" Regal Angel (5 years old now) continues to do very well and is a lot less finicky than my old Regal. It eagerly eats flake and pellet food, which my old Regal Angel would never touch. Both fish NEVER bothered any of my corals or clams.

Greg
 
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