The Regal Angel Thread - Page 29

RonsterNYC · #**701** 06/03/2007, 07:15 AM

Chuck - great looking regal in a great looking tank!

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Greg is a big loss. Very sad news.

invincible569 · #**702** 06/03/2007, 08:31 AM

Steve Atkins · #**703** 06/25/2007, 07:57 PM

A couple of shots of the lad taken on 24th, 2 years to the day after arrival.

It is still in discussions about who should be 2nd in charge by the look of that nick out of a fin.

Steve

Goodwood · #**704** 06/25/2007, 10:00 PM

Two different tanks and a year and a half later mine is still going strong

maxxII · #**705** 06/26/2007, 12:58 AM

Good job guys!

Steve,
how large is your Regal? I have a Red Sea Regal that I'm guessing is a female by the length of the gill plate spines. Its about 4 inches in length and the spines are still pretty short. What size do they normally become sexually mature?

Nick

john37 · #**706** 06/26/2007, 11:53 AM

looks like ur guys' regals are swimming around a lot.
i've had mine for over a year and she still seems to hide a lot.
do you think it's cuz of my tangs?

RonsterNYC · #**707** 06/26/2007, 02:08 PM

Mine is all over the tank - tangs don't bother it. It eats well, loves pellets... I've had it close to a year.

Steve Atkins · #**708** 06/26/2007, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by maxxII
Good job guys!

Steve,
how large is your Regal? I have a Red Sea Regal that I'm guessing is a female by the length of the gill plate spines. Its about 4 inches in length and the spines are still pretty short. What size do they normally become sexually mature?

Nick

Its about 13cm (around 5 inches). It is from Indonesia, where you can apparently find both colourings. I don't know about when they reach sexual maturity.

Steve

Steve Atkins · #**709** 06/26/2007, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by john37
looks like ur guys' regals are swimming around a lot.
i've had mine for over a year and she still seems to hide a lot.
do you think it's cuz of my tangs?

Not unless thay are actively chasing it. Mine shares its tank with three tangs, one of which is a lot larger than the regal and is the boss of the tank, but now the pecking order had been sorted out they all get on fine. It has always got on well with the yellow tang as they shared a quarantine tank at the importers.

Steve

maxxII · #**710** 06/26/2007, 08:23 PM

Mine swims around alot as well. It was initially in a 3 foot tank with a Tomini tang....it took control of the tank and showed the Tomini who was boss.

Now she's in a 120 w/ a Doliatus Rabbitfish waiting for the Tomini to be brought over to the "big tank".

Nick

hawk66 · #**711** 06/27/2007, 04:37 PM

How likely is it to be able to keep a Regal with a very large (14" shell Derasa) and a large maxima clam. I currently have a juvi emperor that took a few nips at the clams the first week or so but has left the clams alone for the past couple of months with no damage. In general are Regals anymore or less risky than emperors.? The tank is 375g mostly sps.

maxxII · #**712** 06/27/2007, 05:23 PM

Mine was in with a 9 inch Derasa and a 5 inch Crocea...no issues.
I wouldnt try the clam trick for enticing it to eat though....unless you want a Regal more than the clams.

Nick

Steve Atkins · #**713** 06/27/2007, 09:02 PM

Mine does not bother either of my two clams.

steve

maxxII · #**714** 06/27/2007, 10:43 PM

I should also add that mine ignores SPS, Zoanthids, and various sponges growing in the tank. Admittedly, I only tried one color/species of Zoa...for all I know, different colors taste different and the brown/red ones I placed in the tank for "taste testing" werent so good, and spendy pretty blue or green ones...

Nick

nctangman · #**715** 06/27/2007, 11:00 PM

According to the latest presentation of Greg Schiemer I saw, he stated this is one of the few "reef-safe" large angelfish he would recommend. Take this FWIW.

RonsterNYC · #**716** 06/28/2007, 08:11 AM

I have a regal and a goldflake. The regal has not touched anything, the goldflake has nipped at my zoas. I have fed clams and neither have gone after my two maximas. Guess I am just lucky.

iku · #**717** 06/29/2007, 11:23 PM

just got a pair of regal angels tonight

here are some photos
(my 93g cube is being cycled right now, so they are housed in a 30g for now, only for a week or 2)

t5Nitro · #**718** 06/29/2007, 11:29 PM

How long should the tank be established before you buy a regal angel? Would 2 established tangs not allow a regal angel in the tank?

yoboyjdizz · #**719** 06/29/2007, 11:53 PM

iku.. where did you get your pair from?

iku · #**720** 06/30/2007, 02:14 AM

yoboyjdizz from a lfs in b.c

i was very surprised when i saw the pair :| they're small guys though. around 2-3.5 inches?

RonsterNYC · #**721** 06/30/2007, 09:51 AM

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 · #**722** 07/09/2007, 08:07 AM

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 · #**723** 07/09/2007, 03:22 PM

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 · #**724** 07/10/2007, 10:39 AM

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 · #**725** 07/11/2007, 07:13 AM

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.