Regal question

deerhunter06 · Jun 26, 2016

Other than the yellow belly why is the RS regal more desirable ?

4FordFamily · Jun 26, 2016

Hardier, eat better in capitivity (although still very difficult)

Salty1962 · Jun 27, 2016

Its Beauty.

Highgrade · Jun 27, 2016

They are truly beautiful fish. I picked mine up from Brian @Reefwise Very health with no issues. Great eater and great personality.

spartanman22 · Jun 28, 2016

Highgrade said:
They are truly beautiful fish. I picked mine up from Brian @Reefwise Very health with no issues. Great eater and great personality.

Brian always has great looking RS regals. I'm about 15 minutes away and am tempted by them every time I go in.

deerhunter06 · Jun 28, 2016

I have one that's not from the RS I was just wondering about the yellow bellys

Highgrade · Jun 28, 2016

spartanman22 said:
Brian always has great looking RS regals. I'm about 15 minutes away and am tempted by them every time I go in.

Wish I lived closer to Reefwise. By far the best online source for SW fish.

Highgrade · Jun 28, 2016

deerhunter06 said:
I have one that's not from the RS I was just wondering about the yellow bellys

I'm sure the main difference is the color variations and location which they were collected from. Everything I've heard about the RS is that they are more hardy and the collection method is not as harsh. Most other regals collected that are not RS are believed to be collected with cyanide and have a higher mortality rate.

deerhunter06 · Jun 28, 2016

That's what I've heard I got lucky with my grey belly. First day in my chevron cut his tail in half, it healed quickly and now he eats literally everything I put in there.

deerhunter06 · Jun 28, 2016

He doing so well I made this thread to verify which one was suppose to be the hardy one

Highgrade · Jun 28, 2016

deerhunter06 said:
He doing so well I made this thread to verify which one was suppose to be the hardy one

Good to hear. How long have you had him? They say the first step is to get them to eat and if they make it past 2-3 months you most likely have a keeper.

deerhunter06 · Jun 28, 2016

About a month now he eats clams, nls pellets, flakes, nori, brine, mysis and unfortunately SPS.

deerhunter06 · Jun 28, 2016

blueface · Jun 28, 2016

Highgrade said:
They are truly beautiful fish. I picked mine up from Brian @Reefwise Very health with no issues. Great eater and great personality.

Got mine from them also. 10 hour round trip drive for me but well worth it.

Highgrade · Jun 28, 2016

deerhunter06 said:
About a month now he eats clams, nls pellets, flakes, nori, brine, mysis and unfortunately SPS.

Keep em fat and happy and he should do good. Once you get past the 2-3 month mark you shouldn't have to worry as much I would say. Mine likes to taste my SPS but has done no harm other than PE is not as prominent. The PE is still there in the tough to reach places of the SPS branches and full PE at night. Growth on the SPS doesn't seem to be impacted. Some people say the nipping helps with tighter SPS growth patterns. Overall it is natural in the wild.