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How is he with all of your corals
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I've had him and a regal angel for 11 months. I have mostly sps with a torch, hammer and platygyra as my only LPS. I've never witnessed either of them nipping and they certainly haven't done any damage to any of my corals if they are nipping when I'm not looking.
The strange thing about these 2 fish is that regals are supposed to be shy but mine is always out and about when I'm in front of the tank. The Emperor on the other hand is very shy when people are looking. If I stand still in front of the tank he is usually stays out though. The Emperor is definately the king of the tank when it comes to the other fish. Every once in a while I catch him grunting to show them whos boss. |
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Here is this months update. I'm starting to notice the mask appear.
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Seems to take forever to change...mine has been changing too for the past ~9months. Be glad when he is done changing though.
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Mask is coming in a little more and the circular patterns have faded a little more.
and here is a slideshow of all the pictures so far |
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Great thread, thanks for posting all of these updates
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Hi,
So how long has it been between the bottom picture and the new, top one? sorry if this is redundant, Paul |
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It's been 15 months.
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many books say they dont change fully adult colors in captive care, ayone experience that or the opposite? I am deciding maybe to get an adult form to make sure to get the adult coloration instead of a half changed fish.
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I have seen a few people here on RC whos Emperor's have changed completely or at least close enough. Adult angels don't have the best track record of success either, I'd rather take my chances with a healthy juvi then a beautiful and expensive full adult that will more than likely perish in a short period of time.
Don't know if you've seen this thread, but here is a guy that bought an adult, he hasn't posted to that thread in weeks so hopefully his Emperor started eating: http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...hlight=Emperor |
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WOW, that guys fish is way too big to adapt to captive life!! Beautiful fish, but it was even more beautiful on the reef...
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hey man,
Just wanted to check in on your fish and see if you had an updated pic............mine just started the change and I would like to see how he is comming along. |
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Awesome thread!
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Sorry I haven't posted in a while, but here is a shot from today. Hasn't changed much the last 5 months but the white juvenile arcs are all gone and the face has filled in a little more.
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How big is it now?
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I say he's only about 5-7" but he has really fatned up from when I first got him.
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That's a nice Emperor! I got mine a little over a year ago at about 3/4" and he looks identical to the third picture. He is in a reef tank with mostly SPS, a couple LPS, and a RBTA. I can only hope he turns out as nice as yours is! What have you been feeding him? Are Spectrum pellets included in his diet? Selcon? Anyway, nice fish and keep us posted.
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Sweet fish. I'm thinking about adding one to my tank sometime so I'm gonna tag along with this thread.
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I feed mainly Spectrum pellets and Kent Herbevore pellets.
I don't add selcon or garlic. Then every couple of days I feed Mysis or angel forumla and throw in some algae sheets once every week or 2. |
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Yeah, those Spectrum pellets do the trick!
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Great thread. Any updates?
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'Obscurity Knocks'- can you post some more photos... and include a few pics of your whole tank? This is an awesome thread.
I've never seen a first-hand chronology of the color-change. I wasn't even convinced it could be fully realized in captivity. Sweet! |
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