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I'm fairly sure they all start as females and change sex to male like most, if not all, angels. Though I suspect they need to reach a minimum size before turning from female to male.
I've seen regal angels by the hundreds at wholesalers and only large specimen show a clear sex dimorphism. Adult regals (180 mm TL and up) are actually quite easy to sex by their gill thorns. The males develop massive thorns while the female's thorns remain significantly smaller. I put two sub-adults together and they got along well and showed some mating behavior. But I'm fairly sure they both were females at the time I put them together. The smaller one was in my tank for about a year before I could find another, slightly larger one of the same color variant. (I tell you these blue-gray ones are hard to find since everyone wants the yellow ones.) This was the smaller one: It's gill thorn was tiny for its size of about 100 mm TL. Specimens from the Red Sea or the Maldives have significantly larger thorns at this size. I kind of have doubts that they are actually the same species. A pair of Red Sea or Maldives regal angels is still on my wish list - only right now I don't have the right tank for them.
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Mr ThRoewer, tear down that location info...
Just kidding, welcome to the USA .
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Great thread!
Have a question regarding the Red Sea Regal... I am looking to get a small one - about 2" or so. Do they have full color development at 2" - or does full color development come when they get larger? |
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Are Seachem Cupramine, ParaGuard, etc. - a thing of the past? lol Also, what do you think of this new medicated food from Spectrum? http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=30015 |
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It looks like you QT for 8 weeks? According to the PraziPro instructions: A single treatment lasting 5-7 days is normally sufficient. Repeat as necessary, but no more than once every 3 to 5 days. Ever try ParaGuard? Last edited by Salty150; 03/09/2015 at 01:30 PM. |
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03/09/2015, 12:47 PM | #3587 |
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Here is a great video of a small Regal - not sure if he is Red Sea or not...
But, what is the other Angel with the stripes...? They both kind of put the poor Venustus to shame as far as colors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LpdV5FTWjI&t=14 |
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looks like the babies that Michael had been getting in 8 months ago or so... Here is one of the two I got at the time... Couldn't keep them alive, they didn't ship well either.
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I know of many people who use the treatments together and successfully. I don't mind using them separate because I want them in my qt for 6-8 weeks anyway. I like getting them used to all the foods I feed and and want them to fatten up before going into my DT.
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I've read through quite a bit of this thread in the past but I can't remember what the recommendation is on timing of placement into a DT. Am I remembering correctly that Regal's should be one of the first additions to a new tank to help with getting them to establish and eat well once in the DT?
I plan on QT'ing all new fish before entering my system.
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I finally was able to introduce my two regals. I used an acclimation box that I made because my store bought one was too small and I wasn't sure how long the fish would be in it. This was when I only had about half my actinics on
After a couple days and viewing no aggression, only curiosity, I thought I would release it into my DT. This was within the first 5 minutes of being introduced. The new regal is on the left And just the new Regal and his beautiful markings The two have only been together a couple days now, but I haven't seen any fronting or aggression at all. They spend some time swimming together and some time apart. So far, I couldn't be happier with how it has gone. Better than I could have imagined. They both have the longer gill spike. The new addition is slightly larger. |
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Both Regals are beautiful. Lucky you! |
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Hey guys started reading This thread since I would like to keep a regal in my tank once it becomes more established, i just want to know if a 75 gallon lightly stocked mixed reef would be okay if I got a small specimen to begin with? Also does anyone know if they bother euphillia corals like they do zooanthids? Thx
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