)This one I've had a little over a year, (15 months). One thing I noticed about both fish was that they did better when they had other "dither" fish to show them what other food sources might be, and they didnt really begin to get fully adjusted until right around a year or so in my care. they would eat, but somewhere around a year, they began to get more aggressive about what they were eating. My current one only began eating Nori about 3 months ago.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14488402#post14488402 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bruno3047
The little Regal is doing great. I've got her feeding schedule down so that she's getting all of the required nutrients, which allegedly is why this fish is so hard to keep alive over an extended period.
She likes the Angel formula the least, but I've read that it's necessary for her to get some sponge in her daily diet, so I feed this first, in 4 to 6 very small bite-size pieces one at a time over a 1/2 hour period.
The mysis comes second about 2 hours later. She attacks this agressively at first, but gets filled up pretty quickly. I feed her two servings of 4-6 bite-sized pieces 15 mintes apart.
The live brine comes last 3 hours or so later. She loves the live brine, and will stuff herself until every last one is gone. I know this is not that nutritious, but I'll continue to feed it until she goes after the Mysis with as much gusto as she attacks the live brine.
Of course, she also gets plenty of greens grazing the rocks.
Seems like a lot of trouble, but I'm determined to keep this little baby alive.
Today's pic:
