Regal Angel pair

[code4]

Beautiful! How long have you had your fish? Thanks for the photo. ;Happy

 

[Greg’s_525xl-Reefer]

I have had this guy about a month now. I tried to attach a video, but it keeps saying it’s not the right file format.

 

[Greg’s_525xl-Reefer]

Beautiful! How long have you had your fish? Thanks for the photo. ;Happy

Send over a pic of your regals!

 

[67chevellemalibu2]

Those are nice looking fish. I’d like to get one.

 

[Greg’s_525xl-Reefer]

Gorgeous fish, but as many have stated, they can be hit or miss. Pretty hardy once established though. I know a few people that have tried for years to get one to survive and have been unsuccessful. Like with most beauties...be prepared to have your heart broken.....

 

[code4]

Greg I will get my hubby to help me with a picture tomorrow. I do not have a cell phone. By choice.

 

[67chevellemalibu2]

Pretty expensive fish to end up dying on you to.

 

[code4]

Those are nice looking fish. I’d like to get one.

To be honest these may be my last. I received a large one from Live Aquaria, took over 8 weeks for it to starve to death. In the end I put it out of its misery. I ordered a medium since the larger ones often only eat sponges. This one would eat only live sponge. Very heart breaking. I tried everything, and often. Live clams, oysters and mussels daily. A mixture of almost every frozen food imaginable. And flake food. Mastik daily. Only thing that happened was I had hundreds of bristle worms. I even put both adult mollies and baby ones in the tank. It neither learned to eat from the adults or ate the babies. I was very upset with Live Aquaria about sending such a large fish. The next one I bought was on Divers Den, and stated it was eating well and only 2 3/4inches. I next bought another medium, this one not a yellow belly. But I have found that I like it just as much as the yellow belly one.

 

[code4]

Pretty expensive fish to end up dying on you to.

Yes they are. Another good reason to do your homework before getting one. And make sure you are ready to handle any emergency.

 

[67chevellemalibu2]

Sounds like I will probably pass on getting one , unless I see one at my LFS.

 

[code4]

Sounds like I will probably pass on getting one , unless I see one at my LFS.

Not a bad idea. Living in Wyoming means mail order is my LFS! We have a Petco..........

 

[Greg’s_525xl-Reefer]

Yes they are. Another good reason to do your homework before getting one. And make sure you are ready to handle any emergency.

And for the fish that has the better handling during capture you pay more (Red Sea and Maldives or Fiji). Indonesian ones are cheaper, but poorer survival rate.

I went with a Red Sea from NYAquatic. He sent me a video of him eating before I perchased. He was so ravenous and fat I was willing to take the chance ordering without being close to the fish.

 

[code4]

I agree seeing the fish eating is a good indicator of how it will do in captivity.

I have read time and again that the Indonesian ones have a lower survival rate. But I have to say the one I have was eating from day one. And it was around 4 inches in length. I am curious if the care and handling from Indonesia has improved. The smaller one I have is an orange one from Maldives. The Indonesian one is always first in line at feeding time.

 

[code4]

This is the larger one.

 

[code4]

The small one with the eyespot is the yellow belly.

 

[code4]

There is quite a bit of food floating in the tank. Seems they are camera shy and I had to bribe them with food for the pictures.

 

[Greg’s_525xl-Reefer]

The small one with the eyespot is the yellow belly.

Gorgeous!

 

[code4]

^^^^
Thanks! First time being able to post their photos on here also. Lots of firsts for me.

Shelley

 

[Greg’s_525xl-Reefer]

Here’s a pic of my favorites playing nice. Ignore the disgusting gha, I finally beat that back. This pic was a few weeks ago.

 

[alton]

Great pictures of regals! Juvenile Maldives Regals should be on the market starting in February.