Pics of my changing Emperor Angel

hermitage · 09/02/2007, 06:22 PM

Bored tonight and thought I'd share the progress of my changing Angel.

Not sure how old he was when I bought him Mar of this year. He was 3.5" at the time. I took the "Sept" pic today. He's about 4.5" now. What a beautiful fish. He was really changing alot between May and July. The changes now are more subtle.

Anyone have any idea how much longer it'll take for him to be fully changed? A friend of mine says they can get "stuck" if they're stressed. Anyone ever heard of this?

Enjoy!

March

April

May

June

July

August

Sept

reefing102 · 09/02/2007, 07:03 PM

nice fish - he looks fully changed to me though

hermitage · 09/02/2007, 07:16 PM

Yeah I think you're right. I just looked at a fully matured adult. My emperor looks pretty darn close.

vessxpress1 · 09/02/2007, 07:16 PM

That's awesome! My wife saw a juvenile at the LFS one time and mentioned how cool it was. I then tried to explain what they transform into. I just showed her the pics. I always wondered if somebody would post something like this.

Thanks for posting them!

edwing206 · 09/02/2007, 07:18 PM

That's awesome how much they change. Very cool fish for sure!

hermitage · 09/02/2007, 07:30 PM

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Originally posted by vessxpress1
That's awesome! My wife saw a juvenile at the LFS one time and mentioned how cool it was. I then tried to explain what they transform into. I just showed her the pics. I always wondered if somebody would post something like this.

Thanks for posting them!

Thanks. I'm sure stuff like this gets posted pretty often. The posts get moved off the front page pretty quickly.

rtstrat01 · 09/02/2007, 09:02 PM

over what period of time did you take those pics

Discdogge · 09/02/2007, 09:54 PM

Wow, very cool!

LukFox · 09/02/2007, 10:00 PM

That's a really fast change! He looks great

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ctreefer · 09/02/2007, 10:32 PM

Very cool! I've had mine since about the same time and he's a pig. same size as well, but it hasn't started its change yet.

hermitage · 09/03/2007, 05:28 AM

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Originally posted by rtstrat01
over what period of time did you take those pics

The first pic was in Mar, and the last pic was yesterday. Took a pic for every month.

hermitage · 09/03/2007, 05:32 AM

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Originally posted by ctreefer
Very cool! I've had mine since about the same time and he's a pig. same size as well, but it hasn't started its change yet.

Been feeding mine 3 times a day. A combination of Angel forumla from Ocena Nutrition, Forumla 2, Nori, and a homemade fish food recipe from Eric Borneman. Definitely a pig! I'm sure he'll come around. Like I siad, I'm not sure how old he was when I first got him.

hermitage · 09/03/2007, 05:40 AM

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Originally posted by LukFox
That's a really fast change! He looks great .

Thanks. When I bought him I was hoping he'd change by the end of the summer. My buddy said now way and brought up the whole possibility of it getting stuck. Looks like luck was on my side.

clavery · 09/03/2007, 07:46 AM

Beautiful fish. Any problems with him nipping on your corals?

hermitage · 09/03/2007, 08:05 AM

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Originally posted by clavery
Beautiful fish. Any problems with him nipping on your corals?

Thanks. He goes to town on my Zoas. I also have an Open brain, Finger leather, Colt coral, Star Polyps, Echinophylia, Montipora Capricornis, and Montipora Digitata. He's left all these alone.

I want to add a frogspawn, and Acropora at some point. Hoping he'll just stick with the zoas.

SARBoy · 09/03/2007, 08:13 AM

My juv leaves frogspawn alone if that helps.
Hear he is.

[IMG]//farm2.static.flickr.com/1315/1017762451_1ca1ff027c.jpg[/IMG]

hermitage · 09/03/2007, 08:23 AM

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Originally posted by SARBoy
My juv leaves frogspawn alone if that helps.
Hear he is.

[IMG]//farm2.static.flickr.com/1315/1017762451_1ca1ff027c.jpg[/IMG]

Awesome color on that fish! Mine didn't start chomping on Zoas until July.

SARBoy · 09/03/2007, 08:28 AM

Yup, I love this fish, A tiny ball of "I'm the boss, live with it".

hermitage · 09/03/2007, 08:38 AM

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Originally posted by SARBoy
Yup, I love this fish, A tiny ball of "I'm the boss, live with it".

Tell me about it. Have mine in with a Sohal. The Emp is definitely the boss. Although, the Sohal doesn't exactly kiss a$$ either.

rickytikki · 09/03/2007, 09:07 AM

Mine is an adult ~7in long. He's an awesome fish, when I'm working in the tank he'll swim around my hands and arms, brushing against me. He's not aggressive at all towards my other fish. He doesn't bother my euphyllias or LPS, but he did annihilate my zoas.

hermitage · 09/03/2007, 09:16 AM

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Originally posted by rickytikki
Mine is an adult ~7in long. He's an awesome fish, when I'm working in the tank he'll swim around my hands and arms, brushing against me. He's not aggressive at all towards my other fish. He doesn't bother my euphyllias or LPS, but he did annihilate my zoas.

Does your grunt? I've read accounts of Emp Angels grunting. One guy said his wife thought someone was at the front door the grunting was so loud.

Mine hasn't grunted.

SARBoy · 09/03/2007, 03:22 PM

zoas, they always seem to go for them. the little tyke hasen't grunted, but he's young yet!

rickytikki · 09/03/2007, 03:26 PM

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Originally posted by hermitage
Does your grunt? I've read accounts of Emp Angels grunting. One guy said his wife thought someone was at the front door the grunting was so loud.

Mine hasn't grunted.

if he does, I've never heard it---I did have a trigger that did it all the time. He would spit at you when you walked past the tank, too. He was awesome.

CeeGee · 09/03/2007, 03:39 PM

They are great fish.

My old one used to grunt. Ate like a pig as well.

tripinpn01 · 09/03/2007, 05:10 PM

wow. nice fish and thanks for sharing. i have never seen the transformation and that is really cool.

09/02/2007, 06:22 PM	#1
hermitage Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CT Posts: 307	Pics of my changing Emperor Angel Bored tonight and thought I'd share the progress of my changing Angel. Not sure how old he was when I bought him Mar of this year. He was 3.5" at the time. I took the "Sept" pic today. He's about 4.5" now. What a beautiful fish. He was really changing alot between May and July. The changes now are more subtle. Anyone have any idea how much longer it'll take for him to be fully changed? A friend of mine says they can get "stuck" if they're stressed. Anyone ever heard of this? Enjoy! March April May June July August Sept

09/02/2007, 07:03 PM	#2
reefing102 Who Am I Here? Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 1,155	nice fish - he looks fully changed to me though __________________ Shane Life's a climb... but the view is great. ______________________________ Current Tank Info: 2.5 Gallon Nano

09/02/2007, 07:18 PM	#5
edwing206 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Shoreline,Washington Posts: 4,518	That's awesome how much they change. Very cool fish for sure! __________________ The name's Luis. :) Current Tank Info: 50G cube

09/02/2007, 09:54 PM	#8
Discdogge Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: NE FL Posts: 499	Wow, very cool! __________________ ISO 20G AIO

09/03/2007, 07:46 AM	#14
clavery Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 503	Beautiful fish. Any problems with him nipping on your corals? __________________ Cheryl Lover of shoes, dogs, and all things chocolate Current Tank Info: currently none

09/02/2007, 07:16 PM	#3
hermitage Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CT Posts: 307	Yeah I think you're right. I just looked at a fully matured adult. My emperor looks pretty darn close.

09/02/2007, 07:16 PM	#4
vessxpress1 Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NW IL Posts: 1,603	That's awesome! My wife saw a juvenile at the LFS one time and mentioned how cool it was. I then tried to explain what they transform into. I just showed her the pics. I always wondered if somebody would post something like this. Thanks for posting them!

09/02/2007, 09:02 PM	#7
rtstrat01 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lochbuie, CO Posts: 178	over what period of time did you take those pics

09/02/2007, 10:00 PM	#9
LukFox Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Los Gatos, CA Posts: 3,502	That's a really fast change! He looks great .

09/02/2007, 10:32 PM	#10
ctreefer Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: southern CT Posts: 3,274	Very cool! I've had mine since about the same time and he's a pig. same size as well, but it hasn't started its change yet.

09/03/2007, 08:13 AM	#16
SARBoy Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 125	My juv leaves frogspawn alone if that helps. Hear he is. [IMG]//farm2.static.flickr.com/1315/1017762451_1ca1ff027c.jpg[/IMG] __________________ Help our Search and Rescue crews, GET LOST! Fly it like you stole it. Current Tank Info: 135ltr nano

09/03/2007, 08:28 AM	#18
SARBoy Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 125	Yup, I love this fish, A tiny ball of "I'm the boss, live with it". __________________ Help our Search and Rescue crews, GET LOST! Fly it like you stole it. Current Tank Info: 135ltr nano

09/03/2007, 09:07 AM	#20
rickytikki Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 126	Mine is an adult ~7in long. He's an awesome fish, when I'm working in the tank he'll swim around my hands and arms, brushing against me. He's not aggressive at all towards my other fish. He doesn't bother my euphyllias or LPS, but he did annihilate my zoas.

09/03/2007, 03:22 PM	#22
SARBoy Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 125	zoas, they always seem to go for them. the little tyke hasen't grunted, but he's young yet! __________________ Help our Search and Rescue crews, GET LOST! Fly it like you stole it. Current Tank Info: 135ltr nano

09/03/2007, 03:39 PM	#24
CeeGee Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: TN Posts: 3,272	They are great fish. My old one used to grunt. Ate like a pig as well. __________________ My algae WAS special. Current Tank Info: 75 gallon display, 40 gallon breeder sump, RLSS R6i, ATI Powermodule, Apex, Ecotech MP40's

09/03/2007, 05:10 PM	#25
tripinpn01 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: oc Posts: 786	wow. nice fish and thanks for sharing. i have never seen the transformation and that is really cool.