From your knowledge and experience what fish would be compatible with what we have.

Birddog61 · May 19, 2020

OrionN said:
Regal angels are delicate fish for sure, especially when first introduce to captivity. If you want to keep regal angels, they need to be by themselves with dither fish to help them eat. Once they are eating well and gain weight, then they should be introduce to DT. It is best for them to go in the tank first before a lot of the more aggressive tangs and angels. I would not get medium to large Regal angel. Small ones are best to get use to captivity. They eat absolutely everything once acclimated, with flakes and pellets being their favorite food.

My point , the op has sponge

OrionN · May 19, 2020

Birddog61 said:
My point , the op has sponge

I would not count on having pineapple sponge as a way to get larger Regal angel to acclimated to activity. I got a lot of pineapple sponges too in the cryptic area of the tank, behind the rock. My regal angels does not ever seem to touch it. Must be tasting pretty bad.

Birddog61 · May 19, 2020

OrionN said:
I would not count on having pineapple sponge as a way to get larger Regal angel to acclimated to activity. I got a lot of pineapple sponges too in the cryptic area of the tank, behind the rock. My regal angels does nto ever seem to touch it. Must be tasting pretty bad.

Mine cleaned it up in a week. However he was 7 ,8 inchs at time of purchase and as you stated difficult to get eating fish foods

TrishK · May 19, 2020

evolved said:
No, that doesn't mean that at all. Sex doesn't matter much, it's just that all females are likely to end up male.

Well, all wrasses are protogynous hermaphrodites. They do all have the potential to transition to male as they mature. Whether they do or not, depends on their genus but mainly, the hierarchy of those in your tank.

That's not necessarily correct.

Paracheilinus are a safe and easy bet.

Correct; avoid those.

Not the best genus to start with, but not a hard one once you have experience.

That's also not true, and the whole point of the chart mentioned earlier.

Hahaha...okay good....so if the second part of the name is different they’re probably be okay together, just not for example 2 Ruby head fairies.

evolved · May 19, 2020

TrishK said:
so if the second part of the name is different they’re probably be okay together,

Uh, not necessarily. Back to that chart again:

Cirrhilabrus Complexes: Inferiority Need Not Apply (1st Revision)

Cirrhilabrus, the “Fairy Wrasses”, are one of the most elegant, active, and colorful reef fish. Their appeal in a reef tank is common to many, but not all have a well-rounded understanding of the compatibility amongst them. Enter the notion of “complexes”: groupings of very closely related...

www.reef2reef.com

TrishK said:
just not for example 2 Ruby head fairies

But true, in that regard. Mixing two of the same species is best to avoid.

TrishK · May 19, 2020

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evolved said:
Uh, not necessarily. Back to that chart again:

Cirrhilabrus Complexes: Inferiority Need Not Apply (1st Revision)

Cirrhilabrus, the “Fairy Wrasses”, are one of the most elegant, active, and colorful reef fish. Their appeal in a reef tank is common to many, but not all have a well-rounded understanding of the compatibility amongst them. Enter the notion of “complexes”: groupings of very closely related...

www.reef2reef.com

But true, in that regard. Mixing two of the same species is best to avoid.

Okay....I was looking at some in the yellow and green groupings so those should be okay I’m guessing since they’re low on aggression and not I’m the same group as the Ruby.

evolved · May 19, 2020

TrishK said:
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Okay....I was looking at some in the yellow and green groupings so those should be okay I’m guessing since they’re low on aggression and not I’m the same group as the Ruby.

Exactly!