POLL: Do better foods improve FISH coloration?

[Ocean’s Piece]

Hi all,

I wanted to see what everyone’s experiences was with this. For the past few months, I have been feeding a mixture of dry foods such as flakes and pellets. I started to notice the coloration of my Midas blenny was changing. His beautiful blues eyes were turning more into a grey blue. I wanted to see if I could fix this. I picked up some LRS Reef Frenzy and all of my fishes coloration had improved drastically. That eye is back to the same beautiful blue color, he has a wider color palette during the day instead of being around the same color, and my royal grammas purple color especially is stunning

Little shameless plug, I will be posting a YouTube video about this soon on my channel, Oceans Piece. (https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCEWCIj6yc7Goxg-ez80CbuA)

Tell me y’all’s experiences!

 

[fish farmer]

You want food rich in carotenoids. https://tankaddict.com/definition-carotenoid/

I work with salmonids, it is standard practice to have feed with added astaxanthin. It improves fish health as well as color up the fish, eggs and skin.

 

[ZoWhat]

I would do research on R2Rs search function using keyword "Selcon"

.... or Google

It's a vitamin and fatty acid and lipid supplement that many manufactured fish foods can't offer. and you can't reproduce in your kitchen with fresh deli food

 

[Jedi1199]

It's funny that you posted this. I was just thinking about making a post about feeding as it seems to be a topic that comes up over and over.

I feed a mix of frozen and dry foods. Here is my procedure.

I take an 8 oz mason jar and fill it with about 3 or 4 oz of tank water. To this I add about 12 cubes of various frozen foods. Saltwater multi-pack, Brine, Mysis, Emerald Entree, Plankton, and Bloodworm. To this I add a couple fat tablespoons of Marine flake food and finally 1/2 teaspoon of Benepets for the corals.

I add this mixture to my tanks based on size and fishload. 1 teaspoon to 32g, 8 fish, 1 shrimp and a half dozen coral frags.

1 tablespoon to the 55g, 14 fish, 2 shrimp, and at least 3 dozen corals from frag to small colony.

2 tablespoons in the 180. FOWLR predator tank. Heaviest food load but also heaviest eaters.

This has worked for me for quite a while. My fish are happy, healthy and active. My corals are likewise happy and healthy.

I also spot feed the corals a couple times a month. I don't keep a rigid schedule on this, just something I do when I think about it. 1/2 teaspoon of Benipets to 2 tablespoons water and dosed with a pipette.

Also, I occasionally feed a pinch of dry flakes to the tanks.

 

[Ocean’s Piece]

You want food rich in carotenoids. https://tankaddict.com/definition-carotenoid/

I work with salmonids, it is standard practice to have feed with added astaxanthin. It improves fish health as well as color up the fish, eggs and skin.

Interesting

I would do research on R2Rs search function using keyword "Selcon"

.... or Google

It's a vitamin and fatty acid and lipid supplement that many manufactured fish foods can't offer. and you can't reproduce in your kitchen with fresh deli food

will do for sure.