Regal Angel Primer

My new Red Sea Regal. Only had him a few days now but he seems to have settled in nicely. He swims out in the open most of the day and is picking on the rocks all day long. He has nibbled on nori but I have not seen him eat any prepared foods. I'm trying the half clam/mussel trick tomorrow and will try some live brine. All outward signs point to an apparently healthy fish that tolerated acclimation and his tank mates well.
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What is the fish to the right of the regal? Beautiful!

-Alfred

Originally posted by sonofgaladriel
My new Red Sea Regal. Only had him a few days now but he seems to have settled in nicely. He swims out in the open most of the day and is picking on the rocks all day long. He has nibbled on nori but I have not seen him eat any prepared foods. I'm trying the half clam/mussel trick tomorrow and will try some live brine. All outward signs point to an apparently healthy fish that tolerated acclimation and his tank mates well.
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6619113#post6619113 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 64Ivy
I always make it a practice to test the S.G. of the vendors water when I acclimate a new fish OR coral. The water tested out at 1.023 (I keep mine at 1.025). Nevertheless, I acclimate by the drip method anyway and in this fish's case, it took over 3 hours. I hear you on the food too. Do you recommend clam on the half-shell even though it's eating already?
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That's kinda funny. They told me that the specific gravity of the fish system was reduced to 1.014 because a new batch of fish had recently arrived. Either you or the store has a faulty instrument. I'm betting it's the store. :)

I'd try additional foods, such as the clam, in order to bulk the fish up. While it was eating at the store, it wasn't eating heartily and it's uncertain whether it can get enough food from the water column to sustain itself. These fish are not used to feeding from the water column; they feed primarily from the substrate in the wild and actually need time to "learn" how to feed from the water column.

Greg
 
Greg:

How would you suggest I feed my newly acquired (shy) regal?

I am using a clip to feed red algae and will pick up some nori tomorrow. Other than that I am (over) feeding my tank frozen foods of all kinds so that they float behind the rockwork.

Thanks,

-Alfred
 
Oh, had a similar problem with a swing arm hydrometer. The older they get the more inaccurate they are. All stores should have a refractometer. (All hobbyists should also!) Best $60 I ever spent, got a good one so that I will never have to invest in one again.

-Alfred
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6620451#post6620451 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GSchiemer
That's kinda funny. They told me that the specific gravity of the fish system was reduced to 1.014 because a new batch of fish had recently arrived. Either you or the store has a faulty instrument. I'm betting it's the store. :)

I'd try additional foods, such as the clam, in order to bulk the fish up. While it was eating at the store, it wasn't eating heartily and it's uncertain whether it can get enough food from the water column to sustain itself. These fish are not used to feeding from the water column; they feed primarily from the substrate in the wild and actually need time to "learn" how to feed from the water column.

Greg
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Yeah, I started testing all vendors water several years ago when I got a fish that nearly died from being brought up to 1.025 from 1.015 too quickly! Not only didn't that store mention it but actually denied it until I threatened to come down and test it for them. Later, they blamed it on employee error.

Anyway, I'll go out and get a few clams and such tomorrow. May have to order the Seaweed Selects and definitly the Gracillaria (which I stopped using some time ago due to talk of a flatworm problem). Hopefully, that's all sorted out now. Anybody know?
 
The gracilleria that reefnutrition sells supposedly should be pretty clean. Kinda pricey though.

Try something live as well as a "treat" to get 'em going. The red shrimp feed from oceanrider is something the fish dig. Don't get your gracilleria from there though. It's kinda thick and "different" and for whatever reason my fish anyway don't eat it as well as other gracilleria offereings.

Maybe those white shrimp that liveaquaria and a few other sites sell as well.

Patience is usually IMO the best way to go. Frankly, the fish is a good one and is gonna eat or it won't. You can definitely optimize the situation, but sometimes the they just won't eat.
 
HELP!!! I think my Regal is dying. Got him from a LFS and he was eating spectrum in the store, had him a week and he wont eat anything at all. Tried Mysis, Seaweed, Frozen Angel formula soaked in garlic and without garlic, and of course pellets. It still wont eat, just sits in the corner of the aquarium. Hides when I get neat him. Where do I go from here?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6620350#post6620350 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by delafe
What is the fish to the right of the regal? Beautiful!

-Alfred
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That's my male Watanabe angel. He is a beauty. Great reef fish!
 
i had to get rid of my regal angel as it starting terrorizing all of my corals in my tank after being a perfect citizen for about a year.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6626191#post6626191 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by irmee4
i had to get rid of my regal angel as it starting terrorizing all of my corals in my tank after being a perfect citizen for about a year.
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That's very unusual behavior and could be the result of being underfed, but a statement like this doesn't tell us anything because you didn't state what type of regal angel and EXACTLY what corals were "terrorized." Even when angelfish do pick at corals, it's typically limited to one or two species. Also, a 30 gallon tank is too small for a regal angel, assuming your "bio" is correct.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6626059#post6626059 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nctangman
sonofgaladriel,

Nice pic of your fish, but the red brain coral caught my eye first. I really like it.
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Thanks! When fully expanded, its about 12" in diameter. Great color, red with pink highlights.
 
Sonofgaladriel,

Where did you purchase it from?

I would like to get one for my tank; will compliment my nice bright yellow leather I have. :)
 
Sorry, but it came from one of my fellow local hobbyists who in turn got it from one of our LFS. He purchased it a few years ago and unfortunately, we have not seen one like it since. The LFS has tried to get more in due to local interest by has been unsuccessful.
 
I have never posted to this thread, but have read it often, and all the way through. I have a red sea regal that has been with me for about five months; he is about four inches long and eating wonderfully (combination of many kinds of food). Tonight I noticed what appears to be almost dust on his eyes. The specks are too small to even really have a color and definitely too small to show up in a pic. I'm afraid itââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s some kind of fluke. I can't make out any on the body, but they easily could blend in with the scales. The only potential change in behavior is that he has, possibly, been spending a little more time at the cleaner shrimp station then usual (though this might be me looking too hard...) Has anyone had an experience similar to this and if so have you treated successfully (thinking fresh water dip, but would like to avoid having to catch him if possible)? All levels test perfect (nitrates, trites, salinity, ph, calcium, etc). Sorry this is so long, just trying to get all info out at once. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
-Eric
 
Hey Hozer, sorry it took so long. I have a 55g nitrated low all levels almost perfect in fact. tankmates. Bi-color that was in LFS with regal, clown, sailfin, foxface, niger trigger. Dont know what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated..
 
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