I have 3 glowlight tetra's. They're pretty, but their eyes aren't BRIGHT orange like in the pet store. I have dark substate and I purchased a light tube made for subdued lighting. Any other suggestions.
2007-10-17 08:44:28 · 6 answers · asked by Marine 5 in Pets ➔ Fish
Environment does often play a major role in colouring of most species, which includes lighting, sunstrates, ornaments/toys, rocks and even certain types of plants. So I recon you could check if environment is the reason. Alternatively color enhansing foods could help. If you get fish foods from Thailand then most of them have rating on their backs which says something like red factor. Get one with factor above 6. If you can get foods from manufactures like Tetra or Hikari then you can buy ones that suits best for your fishes. These people make foods for a wide variety of species with wide variety of objectives like growth, breeding and color to name a few.
2007-10-17 08:58:47 · answer #1 · answered by Talha Masood 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
White substrate is not a good choice. Because it absorbs so much light, it actually enhances algae growth. First, you need to understand that those pictures are taken with special filters and post-development enhancements are used to trick average people like us into buying them for these sorts of features. Yes, their eyes can go that color, but it will be difficult for us to "force" those colors to come out like enhanced photos can. Just like they airbrush models in Playboy. While color-enhancing foods do help, I think the dark environment with good lighting is the best way to go.
2007-10-17 09:36:19 · answer #2 · answered by Venice Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok I might desire to diagnose a fish with an exceedingly solid disease... Wait, a sec, i will only call Dr. Finn... Are you confident it relatively is Glowlights and not the neons? besides, prepare on your glowlights and neons to die... WHOOPS!!! Did I say die? NEON disease many times, Glowlights and Neons are affected. it truly is brought about by skill of the microsporid parasite observed as Pleistophora hyphessobryconis. The different symptom in Neons is a paling of the crimson section and a breaking of the blue stripe. In sparkling-bodied tetras including glowlights, milky opaque factors might strengthen in the flesh. TB and ick may additionally modern-day comparable warning signs. Fish affected with this disease could have muscle necrosis, and could supply an uneven seem to the exterior of the fish. the project: How unhappy, this disease is terminal. there is not any effectual scientific shelter this disease. Euthanize the affected fish without postpone. CC
2016-10-12 23:39:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get really light qravel and also some people say to put a uvb light on the tank.also some foods help with the color to.
2007-10-17 08:50:40 · answer #4 · answered by albinopet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have been told that feeding my fish froen food like brine shrimp 2-3 times a week will help keep there colors bright.
2007-10-17 08:55:43 · answer #5 · answered by jedidiaha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that it might take some time for it to work. I generally just have a black colored background to make them stand out.
2007-10-17 09:11:27 · answer #6 · answered by Chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋