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goodpick
Sergeant 1st Class
Posts : 220
Location : birmingham,alabama
Favorite Fish: : Just love fish
| Subject: Need Advice  11/7/2010, 1:47 pm | |
| I have a 125 setup with some arautus , kenyi and a albino red zebra but my fish are not getting much color i feed them omega flake and pellet. what can i do to boost up there color this is still a little new to me | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 11/7/2010, 4:23 pm | |
| Are there enough hiding spaces? Caves/rocks/ |
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goodpick
Sergeant 1st Class
Posts : 220
Location : birmingham,alabama
Favorite Fish: : Just love fish
| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 11/7/2010, 5:20 pm | |
| i have some rock and pipe but i might need more | |
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mike205
First Lieutenant
Posts : 692
Location : shelby, Alabama
Favorite Fish: : peacocks and koi
| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 11/7/2010, 6:03 pm | |
| you can feed them some New life spectrum thera+a and you'll be amazed on the color difference | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 11/7/2010, 6:18 pm | |
| Spirulina and brine, both natural color enhancers. Never ever use any of those 'super color' foods, they tend to be full of hormones and other nasty stuff!
Yes NLS is very good food! No hormones only the natural color enhancers. |
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Elrollo
Major
Posts : 870
Location : Virginia Beach
Favorite Fish: : Blue Acaras...first fish I ever breed still have a soft spot for them
| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 11/8/2010, 2:20 am | |
| Is it a male only tank? Some times you just need to toss a few chicks in there to get them to color up. Also try food with beta carotine (ferns suggestion :)) | |
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KMX
Admin
Posts : 16094
Location : Mansfield, TX
Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids of all kinds.
| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 11/8/2010, 9:09 am | |
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goodpick
Sergeant 1st Class
Posts : 220
Location : birmingham,alabama
Favorite Fish: : Just love fish
| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 11/8/2010, 5:54 pm | |
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goodpick
Sergeant 1st Class
Posts : 220
Location : birmingham,alabama
Favorite Fish: : Just love fish
| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 11/8/2010, 5:57 pm | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 11/8/2010, 6:18 pm | |
| Ya you need more caves in there |
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KMX
Admin
Posts : 16094
Location : Mansfield, TX
Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids of all kinds.
| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 11/8/2010, 7:13 pm | |
| Where did you get them from? | |
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mike205
First Lieutenant
Posts : 692
Location : shelby, Alabama
Favorite Fish: : peacocks and koi
| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 11/8/2010, 7:15 pm | |
| he got the fish from eds pet world in homewood alabama | |
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goodpick
Sergeant 1st Class
Posts : 220
Location : birmingham,alabama
Favorite Fish: : Just love fish
| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 11/8/2010, 11:28 pm | |
| yeah i did but i was there when a breeder i have talked to before brought them in | |
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jaiko1975
Moderator
Posts : 980
Location : hollywood FL
| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 11/9/2010, 7:01 am | |
| try live food? lime brine shimp? or delphia? | |
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goodpick
Sergeant 1st Class
Posts : 220
Location : birmingham,alabama
Favorite Fish: : Just love fish
| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 11/9/2010, 11:15 pm | |
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TankGirl
Staff Sergeant
Posts : 189
Location : Richmond, VA
Favorite Fish: : Lake Tanganyikan cichlids
| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 11/12/2010, 4:24 pm | |
| Also consider boosting alkalinity/hardness. This can sometimes improve color. Let us know what you do and what you think worked! | |
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BFinley
Admin
Posts : 4498
Location : Fort Worth,Tx
Favorite Fish: : Frontosa and Red Tail Catfish and All Africans
| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 11/12/2010, 5:44 pm | |
| Spirulina and NLS brings out the colors real good. | |
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tropheus 1
Corporal/Specialist
Posts : 78
Location : montreal
Favorite Fish: : Tropheus
| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 2/29/2012, 5:04 pm | |
| You need to find out which species in your tank is the most dominant. Usually this will cause the fish to look pretty dim. Try separate the fish and you see the fish light up!!! Remember, stress and a poor diet is the main cause for bloat!!!! Try it out and let me know if thats what causing you fish colors to look so blah!!!! | |
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sassynurse2
Moderator
Posts : 789
Location : Grand Prairie Texas
Favorite Fish: : 2 Clown Loaches...
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| | Subject: Re: Need Advice 2/29/2012, 5:59 pm | |
| hopefully by now your problem has been resolved. Let us know!!! | |
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