The Regal Angel Thread - Page 35

nosferatu51 · #**851** 08/30/2007, 02:55 PM

Just unpacked him, I'm acclimating him now. He's beautiful in person. Much prettier than even I expected.

Mirror Pond · #**852** 08/30/2007, 04:15 PM

Just thought that I would post my experience with this fish. I picked up a gray bellied regal about 6 weeks ago from a LFS on the day that it arrived still in its' shipping bag. I took it home and drip acclimated for about 3 hours and then released it into my display tank without quarantining it. I left the light out on the tank for the remainder of the day.

It remained in the rock for most of the first day with the lights on but did occasionally come out and explore the tank. By the second day, it was out from behind the rocks for at least 50% of the time and then even more the days after that. For the first 5 days I did not see it eat anything that I fed the tank including mysis, flake, pellets, arctic pods and frozen angel formula. On the sixth day I added a small clam on the half shell from a local grocery store and it immediately tore into it. It still would not eat any other foods for the next couple of days. I continued to feed it a clam every other day over the next week to keep it's weight up.

Since it would not eat out of the water column, I tried rubber banding some nori and silversides to an empty clamshell and to my surprise, the regal tore into that also. I then started wedging different foods into rock crevices and it seemed to eat everything that I introduced. It will now eat everything that I put in the water column including all of the foods mentioned above.

I know it's still very early, but so far she (at least that's what I think she is) is doing well. Here are a couple of really bad pics of her.

Flash on:

Flash off:

nosferatu51 · #**853** 08/30/2007, 04:39 PM

He is swimming around the surface of the QT tank poking his head out of the water. Anything to be concerned about?

Actually, upon more watching he keeps going to the surface and spitting a jet of water up. Is he just bored?

nosferatu51 · #**854** 08/30/2007, 06:25 PM

Ok, he's decided to stop doing it. I guess he was just being playful in his new "home". He seems perfectly healthy... YAY!

nctangman · #**855** 08/30/2007, 06:30 PM

nosferatu51,

I had a pink tail triggerfish that would spit water at me everytime I would walk near the tank. It was playing with me and kinda fun. He also would make a "grunt" sound; he had personality of a dog.

Good to hear your fish is doing well.
Kirk

bradleyj · #**856** 08/30/2007, 11:48 PM

I've had mine now for a little over 3 weeks now. He is eating everything I throw in, and really loves flake food.

nctangman · #**857** 08/31/2007, 10:58 AM

bradleyj,

great to see it swimming amongst all the other fish in the tank.

(btw, I love how you have an abundance of coralline algae on your LR). What is your secret?

Kirk

nosferatu51 · #**858** 08/31/2007, 02:23 PM

He was eating mysis well, is nice and fat, and seems healthy so I added him to the main tank. He is currently exploring the nooks and crannies, even diving between the branches of the SPS. What a beautiful fish.
The purple tang is paying him no notice... I wonder if this has to do with the fact that the angel is twice his size!

nctangman · #**859** 08/31/2007, 04:34 PM

Bonus!!! Normally, a purple tang is very aggressive toward new inhabitants. The size might play a role here.

enjoy your fish..
Kirk

rickkott13 · #**860** 09/01/2007, 02:14 AM

heres mine on 15gal nano

pito · #**861** 09/01/2007, 06:07 AM

That tank is way too small for this fish. Way too small!

hansonfam · #**862** 09/01/2007, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rickkott13

heres mine on 15gal nano

OMG

Get that fish out of there

nosferatu51 · #**863** 09/01/2007, 11:34 AM

That just temporary right? A sort of quarantine to make sure he's healthy and eating and then he's going into a 125 or so right? Right?!

Old Yeller Tang · #**864** 09/01/2007, 01:11 PM

Wow, and someone was upset at mine for being in a 4ft tank even though they probably didn't realize that it's 3ft deep as well(hence the 170g).

nosferatu51 · #**865** 09/01/2007, 03:37 PM

I must say I am surprised at how nimble this fish is for its size (really my 1st "large" fish). He will swim sideways through narrow spaces (eg: between acro branches), can turn on a dime, etc.
He's still not the most adventurous fish in the tank, but it's only been a day. He seemed more reclusive when the halides were on, so I ran them for a few hours then put it back to just actinics. He's now out and exploring again, but seems to have found a home cave that he always goes back (well, really an arch I guess). Neither the purple tang nor the flame angel have paid him any mind whatsoever, which I'm happy about.

PS: I say "he" because I read that long gill spines are a sign of a male and his seem fairly prominent, is that accurate?

Update: I put an opened clam in the tank for the angel to eat and he and the rest of the tank ignored it for about an hour. Eventually he went and took a taste at which point every other fish in the tank went "well what's this stuff?" and came over to explore. I think he got annoyed with the crowd tasting his food too and swam away. Kind of a funny site to watch,... especially since nobody else is interested now that he's gone.

Albright · #**866** 09/02/2007, 04:13 PM

Just aquired one on Friday (8/31) from my LFS.

He had been in the LFS for about a month and eating mysis very actively (witnessed this also).

He had a bit of a quarrel with my PBT when first introduced (http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...readid=1197508) but is now getting along great.

He is eating the mysis as well as half shell clams while also picking at the rocks very actively.

A few quick pics:

Thanks Mirror Pond for the tip on wedging the food in!

bradleyj · #**867** 09/02/2007, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by nctangman
bradleyj,

great to see it swimming amongst all the other fish in the tank.

(btw, I love how you have an abundance of coralline algae on your LR). What is your secret?

Kirk

This helps alot.

Albright · #**868** 09/08/2007, 02:50 PM

A few pics from the other night

Old Yeller Tang · #**869** 09/08/2007, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Albright
Just aquired one on Friday (8/31) from my LFS.

He had been in the LFS for about a month and eating mysis very actively (witnessed this also).

It amazes me how some find fish at lfs' that have been there nearly a month. If you see a fish you like at the lfs' in my area, you'd better get it cause it most likely won't be there the next time you go. Plus, I don't think the fish could survive that long in their tanks anyhow.

Big Boy69 · #**870** 09/17/2007, 10:57 AM

Any new updates from anyone?

Steve Atkins · #**871** 09/17/2007, 03:23 PM

Nothing new apart from a new chunk out of his tail from fighting with my Clark's clown.

Steve

Big Boy69 · #**872** 09/20/2007, 08:59 AM

My guy is out and about eating anything I throw in the tank.
This is the little guy. The other that I got from NYAquatics, stopped eating and died while I was on vacation.

john37 · #**873** 09/20/2007, 10:48 AM

how old is everyone's regal?
i've had mine for over a year and a half now. if she died, i think i'd quit the hobby.

copps · #**874** 09/20/2007, 11:35 AM

This winter will be three years with my trio together, with singles longer!

dvmsn · #**875** 09/20/2007, 12:09 PM

BigBoy did you buy both of those from NYAquatic?