I have had my Florida RB for several years now - to be honest, I'm not sure how long. possibly 5 years. It is 6 inches now. It has not grown that much though since acquiring it. Maybe 2 inches total. Has anyone had one for an extended time, and how fast have they grown. They are rarely discussed on this board.
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ginpang
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Because they're specialized eaters , I'm guessing not many
Hobbyists will attempt to keep one and those who do rarely can keep them alive.
Either you have a s***load of tunicates, sponges and algae in your
Tank or you lucked out getting one that accepted to eat a wide variety of foods!
Kudos to you , beautiful fish!
Because they're specialized eaters , I'm guessing not many
Hobbyists will attempt to keep one and those who do rarely can keep them alive.
Either you have a s***load of tunicates, sponges and algae in your
Tank or you lucked out getting one that accepted to eat a wide variety of foods!
Kudos to you , beautiful fish!
Respectfully, many (most?) angels eat sponges and tunicates in the wild, yet can live many many years in captivity. I'm not sure it's a diet issue.
Yeah, mine has been on a diet of flake food and romaine since day one with occasional fresh food. I think a lot has to do with time from collection to costumer. This guy came straight from the diver and was collected only a couple of days before I received it. It is my fullest/fattest bodied angel. A little black on lips. Nice dorsal streamer and small ventral streamer. The dorsal tail has a small streamer too and the ventral tail is round. I just looked at it today and noticed my regal is catching up to it in size and I think they grow slow. My Mac on the other hand grows like a weed.
ginpang
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Lol.... no offence taken , I'm just stating what I've experienced in the ten years I worked for a pet store who imported their own stuff.
In the first year that I was there and someone else was ordering the fish we lost more rock beauty Angels than any of the others (pomacanthus, holocanthus ,geniacanthusand centropyge ) combined. Then when I became in charge of orders I quit trying importing such fish as moorish idols and the likes of rock beauty angelfish. Just like I stated for every 1 or two that ate there was 8 that didn't. Your experience has proved different because you've probably ordered one and it ate whatever right away! [emoji6]
Lol.... no offence taken , I'm just stating what I've experienced in the ten years I worked for a pet store who imported their own stuff.
In the first year that I was there and someone else was ordering the fish we lost more rock beauty Angels than any of the others (pomacanthus, holocanthus ,geniacanthusand centropyge ) combined. Then when I became in charge of orders I quit trying importing such fish as moorish idols and the likes of rock beauty angelfish. Just like I stated for every 1 or two that ate there was 8 that didn't. Your experience has proved different because you've probably ordered one and it ate whatever right away! [emoji6]
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Dmorty217
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That's the best looking Rock beauty I have ever seen!
