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08/03/2017, 09:05 AM | #5551 |
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Unless a Reefer is wealthy or or not very smart, having a price tag of about 150+ tend to get him to do research before buying this fish.
This is certainly not a easy fish to get to live in aquarium at first.
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It's generally not an overly difficult fish to get to live in a tank - that is if you know how to pick one that hasn't been damaged by the supply chain.
Getting large ones is generally a good way to set yourself up for failure. Small ones between 2 and 4 inches are IME the most likely to survive and thrive in a reef tank. Larger ones I would only buy if I see them eating well in person - not just nibbling a bit but really digging in. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk
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08/04/2017, 09:42 AM | #5553 |
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After losing my pair during the tank transition, I ordered a Maldive juvie from LA and it's doing terrific.
I'm wait for LA to get more of these Maldive juvie in stock. It was the most painless regal acclimation I've encountered.
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I got one that f these too. He is doing very well in my tank. Now just start to come out of the rock work. Smaller than my three flames angels so he often got chase by the five resident angels. Now he start to do well and able to get his share of food. For the last three or four weeks I have been feeding him in his hiding place twice a day.
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I got one of those tiny Maldives regals as well. It's the only regal ever to grow significantly - and really fast - in one of my tanks. In roughly 6 months it added at least 50% in length and roughly quadrupled it's mass - and it is only in a 40B!
On the less positive side, my Sumatra pair had a falling out and the tank sitter had to separate them. So for now the smaller one is recovering in the BSJ tank. When I'm back I will have to see what to do with them. The issue might be that the larger one is not really a male, at least not by the size of it's gill spines... Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk
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After losing a Regal in TTM over Memorial Day, I am trying again. My new guy was at the LFS for two weeks while I waited to be sure he was eating. Purchased him last night and he was eating clams within half an hour of starting TTM. Wish me luck!
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I was able to nap a not to clear picture of him peaking out his corner. I am glad to see him out. He will be just fine. BTW, even never QT my fish, my tank is Ich free. He dis not developed any disease through all these stress.
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08/20/2017, 07:38 AM | #5560 |
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Regal made it through TTM and now in fully cycled QT.
Not feeding as well as I had hoped, but he does eat shrimp, clams and Nori. He picks at frozen. He also seems a little shy which may be an issue when I want to get him in the 350. Suggestions for acclimation?
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Do you have a reasonable sump or refugium? Consider keep him in in there until he eat aggressively. Add flake food together with the other food. All of mine seem to like flake food much better than frozen. Consider adding some small fish that is aggressively eating, especially flakes, to teach and entice him to eat. I keep multiple pairs of clowns. Clownfish is what I use to get my Regal to eat in my QT, which is a 30 gal reeftank.
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08/21/2017, 05:31 AM | #5563 |
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OrionN - he is in a 40b with a pair of maroons that live there, they eat everything. Hopefully they can teach him its OK to eat the flakes.
Reef908 - That's a good idea since he loves clams. I'll give that a try!
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Maroons maybe to aggressive and territorial and will/may really bother the Regal. I do not recommend this, unless the Maroons are really small.
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Thanks for the input. A always I find your opinions very helpful.
I'll keep an eye out for issues.
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Minh have you had a chance to get back home and check out your fish?
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New Regal eating and socializing well
Luckily we didn't lose power where I am at in Houston during Harvey. It's been over a week since introducing the 4" regal to my main tank. Getting along weil with all the other fish, eating well, hasn't discovered how tasty zoanthids and clams are yet. The regal came from s http://www.thereefcorner.com/ and the scribbled from Diver's Den which is about 2 inches. The scribbled has been in the tank over a month now.
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Unfortunately the smaller one of my (former) Sumatra Regal pair died (together with my BSJ pair) in this weekend's record heatwave. 33 °C water temperature was just too much in a well covered jawfish tank. And Unfortunately I was away and not able to limit the heat up of the tank(s).
Another loss was the single Starcki damsel male in my 42 gallon tank. However, all the other fish in that tank did quite well despite that tank also hitting 33 °C. I guess the feisty little Bali Regal there stressed him to much to handle the heat. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk
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So I received two YBR about 3 weeks ago. One from NYA and one from LA two days apart. I kept one in my fuge and one in a large acclimation box in the display. The one from NYA started to eat clam on half shell in the fuge after about 3 days. The LA one started to eat pretty much out of the bag. I was really surprised. After both of them have eaten clams on the half shell pretty reliably, I place both of them in the holding tank(liverocks with some LPS) and got them to eat LRS and live blackworms pretty aggressively.
They're both in the display for about a week now. Eating with the rest of the fish. The one from NYA is more yellow and is loving nori on the clip but ignores flakes. The one from LA eats everything. Together I have 3 regals. The smallest one was from LA back when they had the Juveniles and was on sale.
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Typically I do not, I don't have room for a second tank. In most cases it has balanced out and no issues. One time I did run into a issue and it caused some trouble and I lost a few fish. Then again most of my fish are not very costly - not that that makes any difference I guess. Was just wondering because the one thread I read above I thought you said no QT then in this one you mentioned you did. Apologies.
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The tank is 360gallons with dimension of 72"x48"x24". Full details of the tank can be found here.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2602009 It's a heavy loaded tank, yes.
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I come to think that you need to have other large fish in the tank to make pairs of large angels work.
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