Whoops! Not a yellow belly regal...

[puffy127]

So not only did they mess up the belly color, but also the region?

 

[4FordFamily]

So not only did they mess up the belly color, but also the region?

It would appear so -- to give them the benefit of the doubt, they may have uploaded the wrong photograph. Someone that's not astute with fish could have made the error in good faith. They often house both in the facility-- sometimes both are available concurrently. Right now juvenile yellow belly regals are "in season".

 

[alton]

Unless whoever took the picture did a poor job
Example;

 

[67chevellemalibu2]

Except for the huge price difference, yellow or gray belly. I like them both, but my wallet would go with the gray belly.

 

[jsvand5]

Except for the huge price difference, yellow or gray belly. I like them both, but my wallet would go with the gray belly.

Good deals can be found on yellow bellies as well. I just picked up a nice one from ReefBeauties for $189 shipped. Ate mysis from day one.

 

[67chevellemalibu2]

You must have got the last one. Don’t see any Regals.

 

[jsvand5]

You must have got the last one. Don’t see any Regals.

It was a couple weeks ago. They had some nice ones. NYA has them pretty cheap a lot of times as well. Live aquaria usually runs a sale on them once a year as well. Last year small ones were down to $139 if I am remembering right.

 

[puffy127]

Good deals can be found on yellow bellies as well. I just picked up a nice one from ReefBeauties for $189 shipped. Ate mysis from day one.

Yep, I got mine a year or so ago for $157 from saltwaterfish.com. He ate pellets from day 1. Can't understand DD's crazy prices.

 

[67chevellemalibu2]

It was a couple weeks ago. They had some nice ones. NYA has them pretty cheap a lot of times as well.

What size and region?

 

[jsvand5]

Yep, I got mine a year or so ago for $157 from saltwaterfish.com. He ate pellets from day 1. Can't understand DD's crazy prices.

All about the warranty. Nowhere else that I know of will give you 2 weeks on a regal angel.

 

[67chevellemalibu2]

Yep, I got mine a year or so ago for $157 from saltwaterfish.com. He ate pellets from day 1. Can't understand DD's crazy prices.

It’s not even Divers Den, its Liveaquaria prices

 

[jsvand5]

What size and region?

Mine is 4”. Was listed as Red Sea but I’m not convinced there is any difference at all between the yellowbellies from any region outside of just individual variation. I have a Maldives one and a Red Sea. Both are indistinguishable aside from the difference in their size. Just speculating, but I think a lot of wholesalers list any YB regal as Red Sea because Red Sea fish seem to sell for a premium.

 

[67chevellemalibu2]

Neither vendor have one right now

 

[jsvand5]

Neither vendor have one right now

I’m not sure about reef beauties, but NYA gets them very frequently

 

[TheHarold]

All about the warranty. Nowhere else that I know of will give you 2 weeks on a regal angel.

Agreed- a 2 week warrantee on fish is amazing.

 

[puffy127]

saltwaterfish gives you a 15-day warranty on all fish (no exclusions). Granted it's store credit and not refund. But I'm not willing to pay such a premium on LA/DD for refund vs store credit.

 

[alton]

The advantage LA/DD has over most is free shipping. If a fish dies most give you a credit of fish only not shipping. If a $99 fish dies with LA/DD you get $99 back into your account. Plus most wait and buy fish from LA/DD with 15 and 20% discounts. The great part is we have many choices to buy what we want from wherever we want.

 

[4FordFamily]

Mine is 4”. Was listed as Red Sea but I’m not convinced there is any difference at all between the yellowbellies from any region outside of just individual variation. I have a Maldives one and a Red Sea. Both are indistinguishable aside from the difference in their size. Just speculating, but I think a lot of wholesalers list any YB regal as Red Sea because Red Sea fish seem to sell for a premium.

I mostly agree but I can tell Sumatran from the other yellow belly. IME slightly lighter colored blue margins (almost neon) and the stripes are more "rounded". Slightly different appearance I cannot fully describe without pics.

I have also had no luck with Sumatran regals, zero. Tried several. Red Sea and Maldives I have had good luck.

 

[67chevellemalibu2]

The advantage LA/DD has over most is free shipping. If a fish dies most give you a credit of fish only not shipping. If a $99 fish dies with LA/DD you get $99 back into your account. Plus most wait and buy fish from LA/DD with 15 and 20% discounts. The great part is we have many choices to buy what we want from wherever we want.

Free shipping is another fish to most.

 

[User1]

Sorry about replying so slow but I concur
The following is a baby Maldives I received a few years ago from LA notice the stripes are not very detailed or complete

A few months later

Either way the belly is yellow

He/She is soooo cute I just want to jump in a squeeze!!!!