Regal Angel Primer

[RonsterNYC]

they are really cute!! Good luck with them!

t5nitro-a regal with tangs should be OK as they are different species. from my experience, the only tang that gave me a problem was the purple red sea tang - he was a meanie and had to get rid of him eventually. it killed every new fish I introduced.

 

[Big Boy69]

I just got my Regal on 7/7/07.
I got her from Aquacon. She came in fat. I was told she was eating pellets when I purchased her and that they had her for about 4 weeks and was ready to be sold. I acclimated her for a long period of time to get her well adjusted from the shipment. Once I put her in the tank, 120g, she swam around for a little bit, then my scopas went after her, but not that agressively. She stays behind the rocks, I have a lot of open area the was it's piled. She'll pop her head out from the one opening and goes back in. I see her swimming around behind the rockwork, viewing her from the side of the tank. I see her pecking on the rocks and seen her grab some flake when I fed the tank. Last night I seen her swimming around at the top of the tank by the back glass when the lights went out. Hopefully I'll see her swimming out in the open soon.
Do you think she's afraid of the Scopas? If so, I'll go fishing to get him out.

 

[Steve Atkins]

Your fish will want to know its way round the back and inside of your reef before it spends much time out in the open. They, like most fish, need to know where all the hiding places are before they venture out too much.

Steve

 

[RonsterNYC]

Big Boy 69 - This is very typical behavior. Your scopas tang will also stop being aggressive. It probably sees the new addition as an intruder - that's all. My Scopas did the same, but it stopped in a day or two.

 

[Big Boy69]

Well, I came home from work yesterday and did not see her swimming in the back of the tank where she normally is.
I then noticed her up against a rock upright. I put in a wooden tweezer to get her to move and she did but looked really weird. I started ripping the rock work apart in that area and she wasn't moving much, so I knew something was wrong. Once I seen her, she looked pretty bad as though her skin was decomposing sort of, so I removed her and put her in my downstairs tank and she could hardly do anything, so I took her out and bagged her for the trash. It was an expensive loss, and a loss of a beautiful fish.
I'll try another one as soon as I find one around. I don't know if there were fish beating the hell out of her or what. I didn't see any of that going on while she was in the back of the tank where she hung out. I think before I do the nexy one, I'll get the Scopas and the hippo out first. I never seen the Hippo go after her, only the Scopas.

 

[nctangman]

BigBoy69,

Sorry for your loss. This hurts me just reading it.

Kirk

 

[RonsterNYC]

Big Boy69 - Sorry man...I know the feeling. I am on my 3rd regal and so far so good. It's going for close to a year now. I don't think it was the tangs, so you shouldn't stress them out as well. Try to establish the next one in a QT for a bit and see how that goes. Sorry again.

 

[Big Boy69]

I'm thinking about ordering 2 from Freshmarine.com

 

[bureau13]

I have no idea if I was just lucky, or what...but the Regal I got from Vivid has been amazing so far (about 2 months). The really curious thing was I ordered a Red Sea and received the IO grey breasted variety. They apologized and refunded the difference, saying they had no idea how it happened because it came in a Red Sea shipment...but it came in fat and not particularly shy. For the first few days it swam around interested in my mix of frozen foods but not really eating, then it started picking specific things out of the mix, and now it pretty much just eats everything I feed, frozen or pellet. All this while initially getting chased by my Blue face and occasionally by my Powder Brown tang. The tang ignores him now, and the Blue face does as well, mostly, and he is always swimming around grazing on the rocks. Frankly, I'm still in shock.

jds

 

[Big Boy69]

I almost ordered one from Vivid yesterday. They have 2 left and Shaun would pick the better of the 2 for me.

Tropicalfishoutlet.com has them also, but they charge $74.99 for shipping!!!!!! The fish itself is 84.99

 

[Aqua Keepers]

Iku, how's the pair doing in your 30g? Sounds like you're going to be adding them to a pretty unestablished tank ( 90g going through its cycle). Is the 30g established?

 

[nctangman]

I have a 375 gallon tank that has been set up for 1 month..the only fish in the tank are a pair of cinnamon clownfish..Ideally, I would like the regal angel to be the first big fish added to the tank. i am hoping this will increase its odd during the acclimation period.

 

[Aqua Keepers]

I think it would be easier to get this fish going in an established tank, but am curiouse to see results from people adding this fish to a newer system. I'm setting up a 125 and would hate to wait a year or two to get this fish.

 

[nctangman]

Anyone on this thread bought livestock from freshmarine.com ?
if so, i would be interested in hearing about the quality of their livestock. I have purchased from vividaquariums.com before and would do so again.

Kirk

 

[Big Boy69]

If I remember correctly, they are not ready to ship. IF this is the place I was talking to today. I would have to go to their website to confirm.

I just ordered a pair of Christmas Island Regal Angels from justrarefish.com.

 

[Big Boy69]

I just checked the website. This is the place I was thinking of.
I spoke with an Asian women and she said they were not ready to ship yet.
I was going to buy a pair from them.

 

[nctangman]

justrarefish.com..they are out of GA..when I lived in NC, I watched them for sometime. Quality of fish looks good, but never ordered from them. Now that I lived on the West coast, I would prefer a vendor on the West coast so the stress of shipping won't be too bad. Part of me wants to order online, but the other [rational] part wants me to actually see this fish in person to make sure it is exactly what I what. when it comes to angelfish and butterflyfish, I am very particular (ok, picky).

 

[Aqua Keepers]

I've heard great things about Vivid. I think there's a few people who have gotten their Regals from them.

 

[nctangman]

I can give two thumbs up for Vivid. A year and a half ago, I purchased a flame angel and a copperband butterfly from Vivid. Excellent quality. The flame was a brilliant bright red and the copperband was a good size, took alittle work to get to eat but once I found the proper food source (PE Mysis Shrimp), it was eating out of my hand. I was very sad to sell him when I made the move from NC to WA.

 

[Big Boy69]

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He's a real beauty and ate at the store!!!
I got him at Something Fishy today for $80 bucks! He's about 6" long from head to tail.

I did receive 2 fish Friday from justrarefish.com, but they were Regal Tangs, Hippos!!! I was so ticked off. I'll post the story later tonight.

Here's a pic of the Regal, not the best pic.