Regal Angel Primer

[pecan2phat]

Greg,
The $59 is for a RS Regal.
This guy moves a lot of fish and he deals with the *****-shipper vs the wholesaler in Cali.

 

[Psionicdragon]

Oops, I thought it was a blue chested one. My bad!

 

[zfunk007]

I haven't posted on this thread since July. So I figured I would again since my Regal is still alive and well. I have had him for 6 months now. He hasn't grown too much but then again I'm not sure what their growth rates are. The main point is, he is doing well. Here are a few pictures:

All I feed him now is Spectrum Pellets and live caulerpa. Although I will be getting him some live sponge on my dive trip this week. Hope everyones Regals are doing well.

 

[Psionicdragon]

Anyone ever seen or heard of a regal that would only pick at flakes, but not brine or mysis shrimps? I got another Regal this monday and it ignores everything but flakes. However, it will pick at the flake and spit it back out.

 

[doody]

I noticed that lot of people have success with Spectrum Pellets. However, there are a few different types of spectrum. What kind of spectrum is everyone useing?

 

[GSchiemer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6362233#post6362233 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pecan2phat
Greg,
The $59 is for a RS Regal.
This guy moves a lot of fish and he deals with the *****-shipper vs the wholesaler in Cali.

Hard to believe that anyone is retailing good Red Sea Regal Angels for $59. Is the store called "Fishtown USA"? They're fish are inexpensive but the quality is questionable and I've never seen Red Sea Regals in that store.

Greg

 

[pecan2phat]

Greg,

I guess you've been in my neck of the woods, lol!

Your correct, the LFS is Fishtown USA. My current regal that I have in my 120 is a $59 one from them.

I'm surprised that you haven't seen any there, I normally see the RS Regals in that store about every 2 months and they normally get in about 5 to 10 at a time.

 

[zfunk007]

I feed mine the Spectrum Thera A+A. The anti-parasitic formula.

 

[dgasmd]

Certainly this is one of my nicest fish of all times. It is a IO/RS. I originally got it at some hole int he wall LFS that I happened to see next to a restaurant I went to have dinner at. It was sitting in the bag right out of a shipment and I took it home. One of my fattest fish too. He eats everything I feed too.

The question I have always had is regarding multiple regals in a tank. I know someone with 3 of them in his 180g tank along with some other angels in a full blown SPS reef. He tells me they all get alone just ifne, but is there a trick to this like size, opercular spine size, etc??

 

[nbd13]

Hey Alberto,

John and i talked at length about this one time.

basically the longer that opercular "blue" spine is its supposed to be a male.

best thing is to compare pics in this thread of that spine and figure out what sex yours is. Then get the opposite sex.

you can do a small group like John, just make sure you only have ONE male and a couple females (2-3).

if you do have a male it might be best to get 2 females an introduce them at the same time so if there is an agression from the current fish it will be spread amongst 2 fish instead of 1. kind of like you fairy wrasse thing.

Nick

 

[doody]

Ok, can some one please photoshop a pic to point out this spine that's been mentioned?

 

[nbd13]

After looking at your pics Alberto,

i think it may be a female. which would work out if you wanted to add a male.

anyway you can get a closer pic to confirm?

thanks

Nick

 

[nctangman]

dgasmd,
Very nice looking fish. Great colors!!

Just curious, did you QT this fish before introducing it to the main tank?

Kirk

 

[Tremelle]

Here is a pic of my 5" Red Sea Regal with it's quarter to half inch gill spines. They have not been photo shopped.

 

[dgasmd]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6400560#post6400560 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nctangman
Just curious, did you QT this fish before introducing it to the main tank?

Kirk

I did not. At the time, there was only a mystery wrasse and a pair of clowns in the tank (750g). It was a huge risk in terms of introducing parasites to a new system, but I was very lucky. I do not recommend it to anyone though.

 

[doody]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6399550#post6399550 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by doody
Ok, can some one please photoshop a pic to point out this spine that's been mentioned?

I meant could someone put a circle around them?

 

[doody]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6399550#post6399550 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by doody
Ok, can some one please photoshop a pic to point out this spine that's been mentioned?

I meant could someone put a circle around them?

 

[Steve Atkins]

steve

 

[doody]

Ohh!

 

[hlama]

nice info steve. i wonder if there is a difference in the male or female nipping on our corals.