The Angel Lovers Thread

OrionN · Jan 23, 2023

They are actually mellow fish. They really like flakes and pellets a lot better than frozen food.

ReefSakes · Jan 30, 2023

The Tiger Kingi is one of the chillest Angel

Cthulukelele · Jan 30, 2023

I love my cherub angel. So active, eats like a pig, is clearly intelligent, and spends all day pecking rockwork.

Tcook · Jan 31, 2023

Cthulukelele said:
I love my cherub angel. So active, eats like a pig, is clearly intelligent, and spends all day pecking rockwork.

Any clams or scolies in this tank?

Cthulukelele · Jan 31, 2023

Tcook said:
Any clams or scolies in this tank?

Nope, but it's shown no interest in feather dusters, nems, or softies which is what I keep. I feed 4-6x a day which helps homie is ROUND. I still say tread lightly. They taste everything, and if it's irresistible like a tasty clam or one of the more appetizing lps your mileage may vary

Zionas · Jan 31, 2023

How long have you had your Cherub? The Xiphypops angels have some pretty nice colors while remaining small.

Pneumatic_Addict · Feb 4, 2023

ReefSakes said:
My chunky False Pereonifer and Scribbled. These 2 are always front and center.

Crazy how fearless Aussie angels are. Remind me of Bandits….

th365thli said:
I just got a Regal from the LFS yesterday. It ate at the store and it's eating in my tank (both yesterday and today) so I feel like that's a big hurdle already crossed.

My question is, they're not supposed to be active fish are they? Mine just hangs out under the arches of some rock. I don't think it's "hiding" because when it's scared it actually does go to a different enclosed space (and that's where it sleeps). Just kinda chills in one spot. Is this normal? Looks and behaves healthy otherwise.

I’ve owned 5x regals and they’ve all been shy at first. Same behavior as yours for the first few months. Let her settle in and she’ll be out more.

th365thli · Feb 4, 2023

Pneumatic_Addict said:
Crazy how fearless Aussie angels are. Remind me of Bandits….

I’ve owned 5x regals and they’ve all been shy at first. Same behavior as yours for the first few months. Let her settle in and she’ll be out more.

Unfortunately it passed away. I think when I added a bunch of new fish from an order, it got stressed. It was either that or some unknown illness or both. It had some white/gray cyst looking things at the base of the tail. The day after new fish were added it was on the rock/sandbed breathing fast and heavy, and lethargic. I thought it was flukes.

I gave it a freshwater dip but I think that harmed it more. In the future, I'll only freshwater dip lively fish. In retrospect I should've used Ruby Rally Pro bath, but I didn't have any on hand.

It was gray belly Indonesia variant. I heard those can be iffy due to collection methods. I have a Red Sea yellow belly being quarantined by Dr Reef right now. I asked them to make sure it was eating heartily.

I think in the future, in a new tank scenario, I'd get them first, and wait more than the week I waited. I thought a week was enought to get it settled down (as it was eating mysis readily). Then I'd add one fish at a time. And make sure the specimen you get it is very robust. Again mine had some weird growths, who knows if it was anything serious.

I have an acclimation box for the Red Sea regal on order. Hopefully it can settle in. I have a separate observation tank in case as well.

It was my favorite fish in the tank, just a gorgeous specimen. Bummed me out for days when it died. Lessons learned.

muggle0981 · Feb 4, 2023

On the bunt for a bellus angel-thinking it will be elusive, have my lfs on the hunt for the last month, found 1 but was over $300

Zionas · Feb 4, 2023

Indonesian and Philippines collection still present issues in terms of cyanide use. I’m not surprised that happens with people’s Grey Belly (Regals) and other angels from those regions. Luck of the draw. Best hope is to wait for more species available as CB fish.

i cant think · Feb 5, 2023

I got a new photo of the regal yesterday.

Tcook · Feb 5, 2023

i cant think said:
I got a new photo of the regal yesterday.

Ikea is getting nice and thick.

i cant think · Feb 5, 2023

Tcook said:
Ikea is getting nice and thick.

She definitely is!
Half of it is from these two sponges thriving in my sump. They both throw out young sponges into the sump and I have now got 50-100 smaller sponges that are cream and yellow in my display that she picks at throughout the day.

Tcook · Feb 5, 2023

i cant think said:
She definitely is!
Half of it is from these two sponges thriving in my sump. They both throw out young sponges into the sump and I have now got 50-100 smaller sponges that are cream and yellow in my display that she picks at throughout the day.

I have sponges in my sump. Hmmmm....

i cant think · Feb 5, 2023

Tcook said:
I have sponges in my sump. Hmmmm....

I want more in my sump haha, it’s just becoming a collection… Similarly to my clams (Although, I don’t know what I’ll do with my deresa once it grows out of my nano… Ikea may like it a bit too much).