Regal Angel Primer - Page 220

pfan151 · 03/30/2017, 04:59 PM

Here are a few of the best shots I could get of mine. Small one is from liveaquaria, bigger one is from Aquatic Collection.

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OrionN · 03/30/2017, 06:57 PM

Very nice. Many Reefers are envious of you.

pfan151 · 03/30/2017, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by OrionN

Very nice. Many Reefers are envious of you.

I'm pretty impressed with how quick they started getting along. Pretty much one day of a little chasing and they've been good since then. They are both pretty bold. Always waiting at the top corner for some food when I walk in the room.

ThRoewer · 03/30/2017, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by pfan151

I'm pretty impressed with how quick they started getting along. Pretty much one day of a little chasing and they've been good since then. They are both pretty bold. Always waiting at the top corner for some food when I walk in the room.

That's likely because the larger one is already clearly on the way to turn male.

My two Sumatra Regals took almost a year to stop the regular chases. The larger still doesn't show any growth of the gill spines. Also, those two generally like to stay in the rocks or under cover of coral branches.
Their favorite food are flakes...

pfan151 · 03/31/2017, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by ThRoewer

That's likely because the larger one is already clearly on the way to turn male.

My two Sumatra Regals took almost a year to stop the regular chases. The larger still doesn't show any growth of the gill spines. Also, those two generally like to stay in the rocks or under cover of coral branches.
Their favorite food are flakes...

I wish I could get mine on flakes. Both are still only on mysis, clams, and reef frenzy. Once they get a little fatter I'll try to let them get more hungry before feeding to see if they'll cave on eating the flakes.

OrionN · 03/31/2017, 09:06 AM

Mixed flakes with frozen, portion of flake increase every few days. They will learn from seeing the other fish eat and they will prefer flakes in no time. There are a lot more calories in dry food than frozen food. Unless I have a strict carnivores, I prefer to use dry food for my reef, not to mention cheaper and better nutrition.

pfan151 · 03/31/2017, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by OrionN

Mixed flakes with frozen, portion of flake increase every few days. They will learn from seeing the other fish eat and they will prefer flakes in no time. There are a lot more calories in dry food than frozen food. Unless I have a strict carnivores, I prefer to use dry food for my reef, not to mention cheaper and better nutrition.

That's a good plan. I'll try tonight.

pfan151 · 03/31/2017, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by ThRoewer

That's likely because the larger one is already clearly on the way to turn male.

My two Sumatra Regals took almost a year to stop the regular chases. The larger still doesn't show any growth of the gill spines. Also, those two generally like to stay in the rocks or under cover of coral branches.
Their favorite food are flakes...

Were your starki's large when you got them? I'm trying to find some small ones to try to pair up but all I can seems to find are large ones.

ThRoewer · 03/31/2017, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by pfan151

Were your starki's large when you got them? I'm trying to find some small ones to try to pair up but all I can seems to find are large ones.

The male was a large one from DD. The smaller ones I special ordered from Jordan (Among the Reef). Since I put them to the male in the big tank they have grown quite a bit.

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JustinM · 03/31/2017, 06:26 PM

So I was able to get my small regal to eat a few pellets but wasn't too happy with how much he was eating. I went to the local market and picked up a few live clams and he is going to town on them. How long can I leave them in the tank before it fouls up the water?

saf1 · 03/31/2017, 06:37 PM

ThRoewer - do you mind if I ask what are the three mostly blue with yellow on their back fish are? That color combo may not work because I already have a pair of Asure's that are the opposite - lol. They are mostly blue with yellow on the bottom.

Stilly - very pretty fish, has they all are. They looked a lot like the starcki damsel but more pygmy angel type.

ThRoewer · 03/31/2017, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by saf1

ThRoewer - do you mind if I ask what are the three mostly blue with yellow on their back fish are? That color combo may not work because I already have a pair of Asure's that are the opposite - lol. They are mostly blue with yellow on the bottom.

Stilly - very pretty fish, has they all are. They looked a lot like the starcki damsel but more pygmy angel type.

Those are Starcki damsels. The male is fully grown and about the same length as the smaller Regal.

There is actually a pygmy angel with almost identical coloration: Centropyge resplendens from Ascension Island and possibly Saint Helena - impossible to get these days.

JustinM · 04/20/2017, 04:52 PM

Does anyone ever notice if their regales eat air bubbles. She goes to the top and flicks her tail and makes bubbles then chases them and eats them. I'm pretty sure it's nothing to worry about but found it odd.

alton · 04/21/2017, 09:22 AM

I had one that spit water if I did not feed him fast enough. Some fish have funny personalities

ThRoewer · 04/21/2017, 01:21 PM

All of my 5 regals have different personalities. The Philippines Regal is more shy than the other.
The little Bali Regal is not shy at all and a real bully.
The Maldives Regal is quite curious but also quite cautious.
The female of the Sumatra pair is very inquisitive and not very shy. The male is more cautious and much more picky with food. Both show minimal aggression towards other fish. Though one of my little high fin gobies tried to pick a fight with the Sumatra male when he was grazing on algae near the goby's burrow - it was quite a hilarious scene.

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Stickboy97 · 05/09/2017, 01:21 PM

I've read quite a few pages here, but not all 220. I'm considering picking up a regal this week. How are they mostly with corals? I have SPS, nems, torches, frogspawn, candy canes & zoas (fear he'll eat these). I'll QT him for a while, once I add him to the tank he'll be in with 7 green chromis & 1 leopard wrasse (pretty tame bunch). Then I'll add my pyramid butterfly & yellow mimic tang after (they are already in QT).

Thoughts?

Salty150 · 05/09/2017, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Stickboy97

I've read quite a few pages here, but not all 220. I'm considering picking up a regal this week. How are they mostly with corals? I have SPS, nems, torches, frogspawn, candy canes & zoas (fear he'll eat these). I'll QT him for a while, once I add him to the tank he'll be in with 7 green chromis & 1 leopard wrasse (pretty tame bunch). Then I'll add my pyramid butterfly & yellow mimic tang after (they are already in QT).

Thoughts?

Not in a 100 gallon, 4 foot long tank...

pfan151 · 05/09/2017, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Stickboy97

I've read quite a few pages here, but not all 220. I'm considering picking up a regal this week. How are they mostly with corals? I have SPS, nems, torches, frogspawn, candy canes & zoas (fear he'll eat these). I'll QT him for a while, once I add him to the tank he'll be in with 7 green chromis & 1 leopard wrasse (pretty tame bunch). Then I'll add my pyramid butterfly & yellow mimic tang after (they are already in QT).

Thoughts?

The zoas are pretty much guaranteed to be toast. Mine are fine with sps, an elegance, hammers, anemones, and a few Yuma ricordia. I think a 100g tank will be fine for quite a long time if you buy a juvenile to start.

alton · 05/09/2017, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by pfan151

The zoas are pretty much guaranteed to be toast. Mine are fine with sps, an elegance, hammers, anemones, and a few Yuma ricordia. I think a 100g tank will be fine for quite a long time if you buy a juvenile to start.

I agree with pfan

Zoo's and Angels are like bread and butter, sooner than later they are gonna get eaten.

OrionN · 05/09/2017, 02:54 PM

Mine are great with Euphilia, SPS, clams, and anemones. He ate all my Xenia. No Zoa in my tank.

ian03 · 05/09/2017, 03:23 PM

My little regal started eating pellets today, I'm so happy! It's always ate frozen but it's great to see it eat the pellets

Reef908 · 05/09/2017, 06:52 PM

Mine has been fine with all coral in my tank thus far. I have frogspawn and hammer, leathers, ricordia and mushroom, and sps but no zoas. He crushes pellets and has grown pretty fat (eats all food I feed).

Stickboy97 · 05/10/2017, 08:20 AM

Thanks! I just bought a $75 stick of zoas this weekend.... looks like I have a choice to make. These are beautiful fish.

ThRoewer · 05/10/2017, 01:59 PM

Two, possibly three, of my Regals are largely ignoring the zoas I have in their tanks.
Even if they actually would want to eat the zoas they would have a hard time to get to all of them.

I think the trick is to place the zoas where they are out of reach for the angels.

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Adanali · 05/16/2017, 07:40 PM

nice

03/30/2017, 06:57 PM	#5477
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	Very nice. Many Reefers are envious of you. __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

03/31/2017, 09:06 AM	#5481
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	Mixed flakes with frozen, portion of flake increase every few days. They will learn from seeing the other fish eat and they will prefer flakes in no time. There are a lot more calories in dry food than frozen food. Unless I have a strict carnivores, I prefer to use dry food for my reef, not to mention cheaper and better nutrition. __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

03/31/2017, 06:37 PM	#5486
saf1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: California Posts: 2,259	ThRoewer - do you mind if I ask what are the three mostly blue with yellow on their back fish are? That color combo may not work because I already have a pair of Asure's that are the opposite - lol. They are mostly blue with yellow on the bottom. Stilly - very pretty fish, has they all are. They looked a lot like the starcki damsel but more pygmy angel type. __________________ -saf1 Current Tank Info: 210 gallon mixed reef

04/21/2017, 01:21 PM	#5490
ThRoewer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 9,555	All of my 5 regals have different personalities. The Philippines Regal is more shy than the other. The little Bali Regal is not shy at all and a real bully. The Maldives Regal is quite curious but also quite cautious. The female of the Sumatra pair is very inquisitive and not very shy. The male is more cautious and much more picky with food. Both show minimal aggression towards other fish. Though one of my little high fin gobies tried to pick a fight with the Sumatra male when he was grazing on algae near the goby's burrow - it was quite a hilarious scene. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk __________________ Pairs: 4 percula, 3 P. kauderni, 3 D. excisus, 1 ea of P. diacanthus, S. splendidus, C. altivelis O. rosenblatti, D. janssi, S. yasha & a Gramma loreto trio 3 P. diacanthus. 2 C. starcki Current Tank Info: 200 gal 4 tank system (40x28x24 + 40B + 40B sump tank + 20g refugium) + 30x18x18 mixed reef + 20g East Pacific biotop + 20g FW +...

05/09/2017, 01:21 PM	#5491
Stickboy97 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 647	I've read quite a few pages here, but not all 220. I'm considering picking up a regal this week. How are they mostly with corals? I have SPS, nems, torches, frogspawn, candy canes & zoas (fear he'll eat these). I'll QT him for a while, once I add him to the tank he'll be in with 7 green chromis & 1 leopard wrasse (pretty tame bunch). Then I'll add my pyramid butterfly & yellow mimic tang after (they are already in QT). Thoughts? __________________ DSA 105g Neo Pro

03/30/2017, 04:59 PM	#5476
pfan151 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: FL Posts: 1,897	Here are a few of the best shots I could get of mine. Small one is from liveaquaria, bigger one is from Aquatic Collection. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/31/2017, 06:26 PM	#5485
JustinM Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,215	So I was able to get my small regal to eat a few pellets but wasn't too happy with how much he was eating. I went to the local market and picked up a few live clams and he is going to town on them. How long can I leave them in the tank before it fouls up the water?

04/20/2017, 04:52 PM	#5488
JustinM Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,215	Does anyone ever notice if their regales eat air bubbles. She goes to the top and flicks her tail and makes bubbles then chases them and eats them. I'm pretty sure it's nothing to worry about but found it odd.

04/21/2017, 09:22 AM	#5489
alton Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Zuehl, Texas Posts: 4,460	I had one that spit water if I did not feed him fast enough. Some fish have funny personalities

05/09/2017, 02:54 PM	#5495
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	Mine are great with Euphilia, SPS, clams, and anemones. He ate all my Xenia. No Zoa in my tank. __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

05/09/2017, 03:23 PM	#5496
ian03 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: England Posts: 25	My little regal started eating pellets today, I'm so happy! It's always ate frozen but it's great to see it eat the pellets

05/09/2017, 06:52 PM	#5497
Reef908 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Atlanta Posts: 224	Mine has been fine with all coral in my tank thus far. I have frogspawn and hammer, leathers, ricordia and mushroom, and sps but no zoas. He crushes pellets and has grown pretty fat (eats all food I feed). __________________ Tank: 180 Gallon Mixed Reef; Fish: Hoeven's Wrasse, Red Sea Regal Angel, spot breast angel, Green Wrasse, Juvi Aussie Harlequin Tusk, tangs: powder blue, desjardini, purple, tomini

05/10/2017, 08:20 AM	#5498
Stickboy97 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 647	Thanks! I just bought a $75 stick of zoas this weekend.... looks like I have a choice to make. These are beautiful fish. __________________ DSA 105g Neo Pro

05/10/2017, 01:59 PM	#5499
ThRoewer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 9,555	Two, possibly three, of my Regals are largely ignoring the zoas I have in their tanks. Even if they actually would want to eat the zoas they would have a hard time to get to all of them. I think the trick is to place the zoas where they are out of reach for the angels. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk __________________ Pairs: 4 percula, 3 P. kauderni, 3 D. excisus, 1 ea of P. diacanthus, S. splendidus, C. altivelis O. rosenblatti, D. janssi, S. yasha & a Gramma loreto trio 3 P. diacanthus. 2 C. starcki Current Tank Info: 200 gal 4 tank system (40x28x24 + 40B + 40B sump tank + 20g refugium) + 30x18x18 mixed reef + 20g East Pacific biotop + 20g FW +...

05/16/2017, 07:40 PM	#5500
Adanali Registered Member Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 10	nice