The Angel Lovers Thread

[southerntnreefer]

Yes.
Especially if they are at different stages. Smaller or larger than what u have.
Use a mirror and rearrange half the rocks if there is fin nipping.

seeing the size of my magnificent, what would be the best size to get an emperor at then? mind you it would be the last fish. id likely get it and something else to reduce my aggression a bit.

 

[alton]

I would get a sm-med. juvenile imperator, in time it will become the boss.

 

[southerntnreefer]

I would get a sm-med. juvenile imperator, in time it will become the boss.

so before the "change" or after just smaller like the size of my hand? Im fine with that. long term. talk some sense into my yellow tang.

 

[alton]

Sorry Yellow Tangs are from another world

 

[southerntnreefer]

Sorry Yellow Tangs are from another world

ha tell me about it! even in a 220 he weclomed, the new Tusk, and the Magnificent. its about over now, but hes a special flower.

 

[southerntnreefer]

Sorry my glass is dirty. I don't want to stress the new 2 out for a few more days. Scraping the glass when its lights out sucks LOL

 

[mayday0237]

Get the emperor in roughly the same size or smaller than your magnificent.

 

[southerntnreefer]

Get the emperor in roughly the same size or smaller than your magnificent.

So a full on Juvenile then?

 

[mayday0237]

So a full on Juvenile then?

Probably. Unless you can find a small adult or a transitioning

 

[mayday0237]

So a full on Juvenile then?

Also if the new one is a tiny bit bigger that should be fine

 

[southerntnreefer]

Also if the new one is a tiny bit bigger that should be fine

Makes sense. Thanks sir! it wont be for a bit i want these guys to settle for a good time.

 

[Whisperer]

Just got this large regal three days ago. He’s shy but started eating chopped scallops. I bought frozen mussels and placed one in the tank but only my moorish idol is nibbling on it so far, he tried a quick bite and swam away.

The mag-float is a reference as to its size.

 

[southerntnreefer]

One of my dream fish!

 

[mayday0237]

Just got this large regal three days ago. He’s shy but started eating chopped scallops. I bought frozen mussels and placed one in the tank but only my moorish idol is nibbling on it so far, he tried a quick bite and swam away.

The mag-float is a reference as to its size.

Is that a regal? It is gorgeous

 

[mayday0237]

Is that a regal? It is gorgeous

Ok I should have read more carefully my bad...face palm

 

[Maxx]

Just got this large regal three days ago. He’s shy but started eating chopped scallops. I bought frozen mussels and placed one in the tank but only my moorish idol is nibbling on it so far, he tried a quick bite and swam away.

The mag-float is a reference as to its size.

If he's eating something, you're already doing well.

My first one would only eat mysis. After almost a year, it started eating blanched broccoli. It took 2.5 years before it began to even look at Nori.

For broccoli, I recommend steaming it or searing it quickly in a frying pan. What you're trying to do is break up the fibers so it softens enough for them to be eaten and able to be digested by the fish.

It might take time, but I've had good success with broccoli for getting my Regals to eat vegetables and transition over to Nori eventually.

 

[southerntnreefer]

Food time on the big tank.

 

[southerntnreefer]

 

[alton]

I normally post good news on here but I think I need to post the negative also. Since 2012 I have had fairly great luck with Regal Angels both Red Sea and Maldives. Regals came from NYAquatics, Petco, My LFS, and Live Aquaria. I would say I had a 90% success rate. While I was trying to make pairs some on here, co-workers husbands, and a lfs enjoyed getting the ones that didn't work out. Now here comes the bad, I ordered two juveniles from LA late 2019, one ate well the other not so and perished fairly quickly. The one resides in my 310 with a larger one and eats very well. This month I ordered two from my LFS and after some delays they came in. Once again one is eating the other did not. I moved the one to my home isolation tank where it perished after three days and it never did eat. In the past I labeled Maldives Regals as bullet proof, I can't say that anymore. One thing I left out was I ordered from LA last year a medium sized adult and it never ate. So in the last year I went from 90% to 40%. I am bailing from the Regal Angel market, hopefully collection practices get better.

 

[Big G]

Thanks for the post. Very difficult fish to get to eat.

More info on the challenges of this very popular fish: https://www.reef2rainforest.com/2019/05/31/bali-aquarich-persistence-pays-off-regal-angelfish-bred/