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I want to start feeding my fish some yummy food that will help brighten their colors. I know there are flakes but do frozen foods like brine shrimp and bloodworms do it too? Any info is appreciated. Thanks in advance

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[span class="edited"][Edited by gartenzwerfe 2004-08-27 18:17][/span]

What kind of fish do you have?

Whoops forgot that part I have a 55g community: swords, platys, black neons, red serpaes, dwarf gourami, otos, clown plec, albino corys... I think that's about it. You get the idea.

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i use color bits. most fish seem to eat it. but i am not really sure if it does anything to the color. but then again the name is color bits.

The best thing you can do to enhance color is to leave the aquarium light on as long as possible. I keep mine on from 7 am to about midnight. All of the commercial fish food is color enhanced. The frozen foods give variety.

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does having direct sunlight on the fish make the colors better or the scales harder? i can't remember which.

In many fish it enhances color - goldfish are well known for attaining gorgeous colors after a summer in the sun, and keeping them for a few years, and some killi species just won't fully color up without some good light, despite liking the dim.
The scale thing I haven't heard, but it certainly makes sense, what with vitamin D and the like.

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Food rich in red shrimps (mysis shrimp, whole shrimp, brine shrimp) are great for enhancing the reds, oranges, and some yellows in fish. Now of course live food is the best way to go in terms of shrimp, but it is not always the easiest. After live i would go with frozen, the freeze dried, then prepaired foods.

Most foods that have live (or rather formally live) food in them such as bloodworms and tubifex are really good for bringing out color.

Most of the other foods that bring out colors do well. Basically, the best thing to do is give your fish a good diet and exercise... oh wait thats humans .... i mean a good diet and the right conditions. The fish will respond to that and be brighter.

Try this thread for more info:

http://www.fishprofiles.com/interactive/forums/thread.asp?id=46122

[span class="edited"][Edited by 2004-08-29 20:27][/span]

The best foods are going to be those that contain spirulina and shelled critters (the shells bring out the red)

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