Wrench November 25, 2013 Share November 25, 2013 I have a regal angel who is slow to eat. It picks at a few things here and there but not enough to sustain itself. Does anyone have any tricks? I've used everything in my bag. I've tried the following: Live brine and blackworms PE mysis Frozen brine Scott's homemade brew Fresh clams on the half shell Sea scallops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef November 25, 2013 Share November 25, 2013 Hung up some nori after soaking it in selcon or garlic juice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 November 25, 2013 Share November 25, 2013 http://wamas.org/forums/blog/11/entry-27-the-regal-angelfish-dave-lin/ Wrote a newsletter article a couple years back on this exact subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Puckstable November 25, 2013 Share November 25, 2013 Frozen Cyclopes has always worked for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott711 November 25, 2013 Share November 25, 2013 I would try mussels, macro algae, too. Is it in QT by itself? They are one of the hardest fish to get to eat. I have one in QT that has eaten very little too, so I feel your pain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench November 25, 2013 Author Share November 25, 2013 I plan to get some mussels on the way home from work tonight, I haven't been able to find any yet. I put some garlic soaked nori in there and the fish looked at it but never ate any. I didn't QT this fish. I gave it a couple medicated baths and then put it into my frag tank. Aside from an exiled ocellaris clown, the angel is the only fish in the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott711 November 25, 2013 Share November 25, 2013 what is the size? Larger ones and really small ones don't do as well. Is it a yellow or blue belly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench November 25, 2013 Author Share November 25, 2013 It's a yellow belly, about 3.5". I can barely discern traces of the eyespot so it's not too old. Likely it came from the same place as yours. The market has been flooded the past few weeks. Seems like every retailer has had them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef November 25, 2013 Share November 25, 2013 I got a smaller yellow belly and it took about 3Days of feeding the entire tank live worms to get it to finally eat... had to turn the return pump off..but kept on the PH... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 November 25, 2013 Share November 25, 2013 Get some sponge encrusted rock and jam food into the sponges and let it graze on them. You probably won't catch it eating at all but will need to get it to develop a taste for what you're offering. I did a lot of clam and mussel but the problem with that is it introduces some nasty stuff into your system. The fresher the better. I also would remove other fish and have lots of rock in the system for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench November 26, 2013 Author Share November 26, 2013 'Lil guy annihilated some fresh mussels tonight. I was barely able to get my hand out of the tank before he had a mouthful. Hopefully it wont take too long to ween him onto other foods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkiboy November 26, 2013 Share November 26, 2013 'Lil guy annihilated some fresh mussels tonight. I was barely able to get my hand out of the tank before he had a mouthful. Hopefully it wont take too long to ween him onto other foods. awesome - we need video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench November 26, 2013 Author Share November 26, 2013 Hmmm. Not sure how to post a video. I'll take one during tomorrows feeding and give it a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkiboy November 26, 2013 Share November 26, 2013 Hmmm. Not sure how to post a video. I'll take one during tomorrows feeding and give it a shot. email it me (mg@marcosjr.com) and i'll post it for you if you can't. easiest thing to do is upload to youtube and copy the link here directly in a post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench December 1, 2013 Author Share December 1, 2013 Finally got a short video uploaded. Eats out of my hand now, too bad it will still only touch mussels. [yt] [/yt] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkiboy December 17, 2013 Share December 17, 2013 how's this guy doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave w December 18, 2013 Share December 18, 2013 Its great you got him to start eating. The mussels will give him enough energy to start trying out other things in tank soon, we hope. Paul B and I were writing about a guy back in the 1980's named Albert Thiel. Thiel was one of the pioneers in using Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP) to determine water quality. One of Thiel's insights was that many picky fish, the Regal Angel in particular, had a hard time feeding at lower ORP levels (300-400 range), yet were more robust feeders at higher (600-700) ranges. You may check your ORP just out of curiosity. But it's more likely that you just have a little guy who has been in forced starvation during the collection, holding and transport of the past few weeks and is still a little too shocked to eat well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench December 18, 2013 Author Share December 18, 2013 Little guy is doing well. His staple diet is still mussels although he does readily take flake food now. He also eats frozen brine shrimp but only a few before just watching them float by. Dave, thanks for the input! My ORP hovers around 350mV. It would be higher if I could keep this dang ozonizer online for more than a week without it breaking down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkiboy February 3, 2014 Share February 3, 2014 can we get an update on this guy and his diet? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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