exomanic Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Hi does anybody have any experience with this angel? ive seen one recently and im quite tempted to try it but according to research it seems a pretty challenging fish to keep and i dont want to waste my efforts on such a fish..so if anyone can share their experience or thoughts on it ill appreciate it ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 1 of my fav, butterfly looking angel but sadly its not reef friendly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exomanic Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 1 of my fav, butterfly looking angel but sadly its not reef friendly yeah it does look like a butterfly,thats one of the reasons why it caught my eye..but i have no experience with this particular angel and kinda worried haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 mine accept prepared food pretty soon iirc i introduce after flame, midnight and coral beauty healthy specimen and luck is all you need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowtang Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 plenty of rocks for them to hide or hunt. Get a pair is better, you have a high chance of keeping one alive. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exomanic Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 mine accept prepared food pretty soon iirc i introduce after flame, midnight and coral beauty healthy specimen and luck is all you need is there any special food u used to tempt it? like garlic soaked food or something? cos ive got 1 now for about 2 days in my quarantine tank but its apparently not showing any interest in brine shrimp or pellets, it just swims right past it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exomanic Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 plenty of rocks for them to hide or hunt. Get a pair is better, you have a high chance of keeping one alive. cheers haha i understand but i dont dare to put in main tank yet, if it dont want prepared food it may end up like my sohal tang, pecking on live rocks only till it finally died of malnutrition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 mysis with garlic guard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exomanic Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 im sorry but i gota ask, the garlic is use home one and mix with shrimp or must buy specially aquarium garlic food? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bugattilambo Posted January 17, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted January 17, 2011 You can blend the garlic and use the garlic juice to soak ur food.If not seachem has a product know as the garlic guard for you to soak your food in. Neither pellets or mysis but mostly done for frozen food. Some pellets are also formulated to have garlic inside. depending on individual, some like to soak the frozen food over nigh. Quote Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. Member of: www.marineaquarist.sg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exomanic Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 ok thanks for the info ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M3Morph Posted January 17, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted January 17, 2011 Singapore Angelfish are generally shy like midnight Angel thus the difficulty in feeding them but not impossible. A healthy specimen is important as dnsfpl mentioned. Cheers M3MORPH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finbir Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hi does anybody have any experience with this angel? ive seen one recently and im quite tempted to try it but according to research it seems a pretty challenging fish to keep and i dont want to waste my efforts on such a fish..so if anyone can share their experience or thoughts on it ill appreciate it ^^ Singapore waters also have the six-barred angel and the blue-ringed angel. So there r 3 types of local angels. Under the right environment, all three should be able to survive. Finbir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exomanic Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Singapore waters also have the six-barred angel and the blue-ringed angel. So there r 3 types of local angels. Under the right environment, all three should be able to survive. Finbir. im not sure about six-barred, but ive kept blue ring angels before and they proved to be pretty easy to acclimate and feed ^^ but im having difficulties getting the singapore angel to even eat a bite of prepared food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finbir Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 im not sure about six-barred, but ive kept blue ring angels before and they proved to be pretty easy to acclimate and feed ^^ but im having difficulties getting the singapore angel to even eat a bite of prepared food The problem lies with getting a healthy specimen. Usually if the guy is okay, even 'off-limit' like the regal will start eating on day one. Angels can't resist live artemia not to mention the frozen mysids.Ur fish's refusal to touch food spells bad news. My previous charges even go for market lettuce attached to Acropora bit with rubber band. Happy hunting. Finbir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M3Morph Posted January 21, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted January 21, 2011 A healthy specimen is very important. For fishes that are shy, you will need to spend more effort to ensure that they are feeding before releasing into your main display. The best place to do that will be a separate tank like quarantine. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 you need a fat healthy specimen so that it can "suffer" through the initial phrase a matured tank with good water parameter and natural source of food, eg algae, pods, will greatly increase your success rate my golden angel only nip on rocks for weeks, then after start taking pellets cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted January 21, 2011 Senior Reefer Share Posted January 21, 2011 correction. the singapore angel is NOT found in Singapore. i don't know why it has that name. but it's found in japan south to the philippines and also in papua new guinea. singapore waters however, do have the blue ring angel. Pomacanthus annularis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bigbird Posted January 22, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2011 correction. the singapore angel is NOT found in Singapore. i don't know why it has that name. but it's found in japan south to the philippines and also in papua new guinea. singapore waters however, do have the blue ring angel. Pomacanthus annularis. Lemon i caught singapore angel Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus in St John island before. http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/marinefish/text/334.htm Quote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One of my favourite fish only. Give me one more chance.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted January 22, 2011 Senior Reefer Share Posted January 22, 2011 Lemon i caught singapore angel Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus in St John island before. http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/marinefish/text/334.htm WHAT!? that's impossible!!! ok then i take back what i say! singapore angel is found in singapore. although i don't know if st john's island is considered singapore singapore, or part of some other sea that overlaps with it's natural range. haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bigbird Posted January 22, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2011 WHAT!? that's impossible!!! ok then i take back what i say! singapore angel is found in singapore. although i don't know if st john's island is considered singapore singapore, or part of some other sea that overlaps with it's natural range. haha. Confirm la. I don't bluff you haha. Quote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One of my favourite fish only. Give me one more chance.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted January 22, 2011 Senior Reefer Share Posted January 22, 2011 Confirm la. I don't bluff you haha. haha no la not saying u bluff. that's good news then! i dont want singapore angel. i want the grey tail poliorus angel. Chaetodontoplus poliorus. new species haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M3Morph Posted January 24, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2011 Nice fish! Seems like the only difference is the caudal fin that is yellow for Singapore Angelfish and grey for this new species. Wonder if its also as shy. Cheers M3MORPH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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