Regal Angelfish in Reef Tanks

Z06-Hec · Nov 10, 2014

i have a few green hairy shrooms, no activity there either. I got them for free, so it wouldnt be that bad but he never even looks at them.
If i can get him to stop hiding... and come out at feeding times i think i can stop him from nipping at all...

gfox · Nov 10, 2014

Mike&Terry said:
Our Regal Angelfish has been with us for about 6 years now. She was a juvenile when we acquired her and a model citizen for the first 3 years. She will nip/eat some fleshy LPS and will devour z's and p's, so we moved those corals to a separate tank

DSC_1303_0814 by terryl93, on Flickr

DSC_6401 by terryl93, on Flickr

Great looking fish.i am jealous.

Aquaph8 · Nov 10, 2014

Mine has done great with all except chalices but I mostly only have SPS

Aquaph8 · Nov 10, 2014

Mike&Terry said:
Our Regal Angelfish has been with us for about 6 years now. She was a juvenile when we acquired her and a model citizen for the first 3 years. She will nip/eat some fleshy LPS and will devour z's and p's, so we moved those corals to a separate tank.

DSC_1303_0814 by terryl93, on Flickr

DSC_6401 by terryl93, on Flickr

What a beauty, love comparing the color differences between ours.

Mike&Terry · Nov 10, 2014

gfox said:
Great looking fish.i am jealous.

Thank You!

Mike&Terry · Nov 10, 2014

Aquaph8 said:
What a beauty, love comparing the color differences between ours.

I wonder if the bit of color difference has to do with the sex. We're pretty certain that ours is a female just by her demeanor and how she lets the Genicanthus male dominate her.

Aquaph8 · Nov 11, 2014

Mike&Terry said:
I wonder if the bit of color difference has to do with the sex. We're pretty certain that ours is a female just by her demeanor and how she lets the Genicanthus male dominate her.

Hmmmm, could be. Either that or collection location, mines from Fiji I think.

Saltgator · Nov 11, 2014

Have had mine for 1+ year with no issues except zoa. Mine ate sunny d's overnight. My system is mixed, sps with frogspawn and hammers, gsp, shrooms and xenia.

AJsTank · Nov 11, 2014

Here's my regal. Model citizen with my SPS
https://vimeo.com/103054265

gfox · Nov 11, 2014

Aquaph8 said:
Mine has done great with all except chalices but I mostly only have SPS

Another great looking fish

lefkonj · Nov 11, 2014

Had mine for about 6 months now. Great fish but can nip at Zoas/Acans if not kept well fed.

gfox · Nov 11, 2014

AJsTank said:
Here's my regal. Model citizen with my SPS
https://vimeo.com/103054265

Great looking tank and fish.Might have to change over to SPS to have angels

Aquaph8 · Nov 11, 2014

gfox said:
Another great looking fish

Thank you

Reef_Obsessed · Nov 11, 2014

Awesome looking tank!!! What is that 'moss' looking coral on the left blowing in the breeze? Do you have a list of your corals?

Reef_Obsessed · Nov 11, 2014

Dakota Reef said:
I've kept a Regal Angel in my reef tank for a couple years now and its gone very well. He samples SPS slime occassionally (as does my Potters and Majestic angels that have been in the tank for years) but it never seems to cause any harm to the coral. I have had some zoos fragged involuntarily but I believe that was the Majestic.

Here's a video so you can see the types of corals I keep with my angels and butterflyfish.

[video=vimeo;85590180]http://vimeo.com/85590180[/video]

Awesome looking tank!!! What is that 'moss' looking coral on the left blowing in the breeze? Do you have a list of your corals?

Eckolancer · Nov 11, 2014

The green on on the left is green star polyps.

saltyphish · Nov 11, 2014

Jealous!

ReefFrenzy said:
I had the priveledge of seeing and feeding this beautiful tank a few weeks ago which has many beautiful angels in it. Andrew said the Angels had nipped at some chalices but 3-4 feelings a day keeps them somewhat pacified. It was an amazing sight to witness for sure. (Please excuse the LRS plug but this collection of fish must be seen to be believed no matter what your food of choice is.)

Enjoy.

[video=youtube_share;zqV0SeleWTA]http://youtu.be/zqV0SeleWTA[/video]

Reef_Obsessed · Nov 11, 2014

Eckolancer said:
The green on on the left is green star polyps.

WOW! I have a small bunch of green star polyp in my tank and they look nothing like that. They are quite small, with short stalks. I can see the white centers in the middle of the polyps. Yours looks like a grass

Tek · Dec 13, 2014

ReefFrenzy said:
I had the priveledge of seeing and feeding this beautiful tank a few weeks ago which has many beautiful angels in it. Andrew said the Angels had nipped at some chalices but 3-4 feelings a day keeps them somewhat pacified. It was an amazing sight to witness for sure. (Please excuse the LRS plug but this collection of fish must be seen to be believed no matter what your food of choice is.)

Enjoy.

[video=youtube_share;zqV0SeleWTA]http://youtu.be/zqV0SeleWTA[/video]

I just drooled a bit watching all those fish, I got a good vision of what my dream build will be next year.

clarionangel77 · Dec 19, 2014

I had my regal angelfish for 6 years doing extremely well and unfortunately lost it in a tank crash while I was away. Amazing fish and can be very hardy if started off in the tank early to establish dominance and fed a varied diet.