RIP Regal Angel

Jaws · #1 12-30-2004, 05:59 PM

Well, I awoke yesterday morning and wondered why my regal angel wasn't swimming around with the rest of the fish. I immediately started looking around the tank and found her cought between the heater and the glass behind the live rock. She was still breathing so I released her from it's clutches but the didn't look that good. After ten minutes or so, the yellow tang started stinging her with her tail and the blue tang started smashing her into the rocks. It was pretty imminent she wasn't going to make it at this point and I think her back was broken so I removed her and put her to rest. I was just posting how I needed to get rid of some of my fish but this was not the method I wanted to use.

AJ_77 · #2 12-30-2004, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaws

Well, I awoke yesterday morning and wondered why my regal angel wasn't swimming around with the rest of the fish. I immediately started looking around the tank and found her cought between the heater and the glass behind the live rock. She was still breathing so I released her from it's clutches but the didn't look that good. After ten minutes or so, the yellow tang started stinging her with her tail and the blue tang started smashing her into the rocks. It was pretty imminent she wasn't going to make it at this point and I think her back was broken so I removed her and put her to rest. I was just posting how I needed to get rid of some of my fish but this was not the method I wanted to use.

I was hoping yours would make it - sorry to hear that. We should have a sticky post: "fish to avoid, period."

Chin_Lee · #3 12-30-2004, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by AJ_77

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Originally Posted by Jaws

Well, I awoke yesterday morning and wondered why my regal angel wasn't swimming around with the rest of the fish. I immediately started looking around the tank and found her cought between the heater and the glass behind the live rock. She was still breathing so I released her from it's clutches but the didn't look that good. After ten minutes or so, the yellow tang started stinging her with her tail and the blue tang started smashing her into the rocks. It was pretty imminent she wasn't going to make it at this point and I think her back was broken so I removed her and put her to rest. I was just posting how I needed to get rid of some of my fish but this was not the method I wanted to use.

I was hoping yours would make it - sorry to hear that. We should have a sticky post: "fish to avoid, period."

Jay
Sorry to hear about your angel. A healthy fish won't get stuck like that so I suspect an ailment or just getting weak. I wonder what the ratio is between how many regals have died compared to those that are still thriving.
AJ - I agree with your sticky post idea. Maybe something we can continue to push for. I would be interesting to put a poll on various difficult fish to see how long they last after being bought from the LFS or how many succeeded as oppose to those that have failed.

Jaws · #4 12-30-2004, 09:02 PM

The funny thing is, the fish was really healthy. He ate really well all the time and was a really good swimmer. I wonder if maybe something happened between him and the tangs because he had a couple bad marks on him from the yellow tangs tail spines.

danny zubot · #5 12-31-2004, 02:55 PM

How long did you have the regal? What size tank etc. Do you think it may have been a cyanide capture?

Bob I · #6 12-31-2004, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by danny zubot

How long did you have the regal? What size tank etc. Do you think it may have been a cyanide capture?

I don't think we need to worry about cyanide. Regal Angels have a dismal survival rate in captivity due mainly to their highly specialised dietary needs.

Jaws · #7 01-04-2005, 03:46 PM

The dietary needs did seem to be the problem. It would only eat mysis which would in turn pollute the tank too much with nutrients and lead to cyano outbreaks quite regularly.