Regal angel special needs?

[littlefoxx]

True, but I'd thought cyanide poisoning would've manifested by now after so many months. It's already difficult to determine where a fish came from...

I think thats an indo, if I remember right Indos are the gray belly variant

 

[Alpha_and_Gec]

Yeah Ive had two online. First was from reefbeauties. Harder to get eating but finally did, lost it in the electrical issue I had so not sure how it faired long term. The one from WWC is so bright and active and ate day 2! I would recommend them for a regal for sure. Biota is great since they are captive bred! Never had them when I finally saved enough for a regal so I went for WWC

Oh, shoot. World Wide Corals isn't actually that much more expensive!
Well, I guess it is... but compensates for gas prices. Easy to get a free shipping too.

 

[Alpha_and_Gec]

I think thats an indo, if I remember right Indos are the gray belly variant

He said it's an indo. Unless it came on a location - specific shipment my lfs would have trouble figuring it out.

 

[littlefoxx]

Oh, shoot. World Wide Corals isn't actually that much more expensive!
Well, I guess it is... but compensates for gas prices. Easy to get a free shipping too.

Yeah thats why I went with them and they have them from different parts of the world. I love my orange belly red sea, so vibrant and for sure that “show fish” everyone talks about in their tanks!

 

[Alpha_and_Gec]

I'm going to wait for some more professional opinion on the topic... it's surprisingly hard to match 240 bucks on WWC. I might just stick to something cheaper and big locally.

 

[michealprater]

True, but I'd thought cyanide poisoning would've manifested by now after so many months. It's already difficult to determine where a fish came from...

Do you know how long it’s actually been in captivity?

 

[michealprater]

I didn’t see any on WWC site.

 

[Alpha_and_Gec]

Do you know how long it’s actually been in captivity?

As I've said before, two owners, 4 - 6 months for the first one and a few weeks with the current one. Not sure beyond that as I can't go down the chain that far.

 

[Alpha_and_Gec]

I didn’t see any on WWC site.

https://worldwidecorals.com/collect...elfish-pygoplites-diacanthus-marshall-islands

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

So he's only had it for a few weeks himself, but he had acquired it from another reefer, so it's a third - hand fish. It currently eats pellet and mysis. The previous owner had it for roughly 4 - 6 months, but it fought with the other regal so it had to go.
Would changing hands three times be too much for a regal? Or has he been good for long enough?

Well, after that length of time, the cyanide issue is not a factor.

Bouncing from one tank to another is of course stressful, but nowhere as stressful as being caught in the ocean and then travelling through the fish supply chain, where they spend literally days in plastic bags and got through perhaps 6 stops in two weeks.

The video shows it eating pretty well - about as good as they ever do. The fish also has good body mass.

Jay