Feeding Arowana Crickets Who Were Fed Kool-Aid... ????

CretaceousCreatures101

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The other day I stopped in at a LFS that I hadn't been to before. I saw some baby aro's in a tank and started chatting with an employee there about them. After a while, he told me something I found kind of strange. He said he used to feed his silver arowana crickets-- but not regular crickets. He would feed them kool-aid for a few weeks prior to feeding them to his aro. He claimed that this helped bring out its colors (fruit punch for red, grape for purple, lemonade for yellow, etc). I was wondering if this is legit or not. I do remember that a while back I tried coating my peacock bass's food in paprika to bring out his red colors, which worked to a certain extent, but eventually I found that switching to pellets was more effective. Is this the case here as well? Just thought it was a bit strange and wanted to share.
 

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If you believe that have I got a deal for you. You can earn half a million a day, in tolls, for the rock bottom price of purchasing this slightly used, but in great condition two level bridge.
The red dye in the kool-aid will cause the fish to go a slight tinge of red. The same goes for feeding high doses of astaxanthin. At least the astaxanthin will do the fish some good.
 

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Was the person at the lfs named Jim Jones?
 

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If you believe that have I got a deal for you. You can earn half a million a day, in tolls, for the rock bottom price of purchasing this slightly used, but in great condition two level bridge.
The red dye in the kool-aid will cause the fish to go a slight tinge of red. The same goes for feeding high doses of astaxanthin. At least the astaxanthin will do the fish some good.
Yeah, I figured it was a load of crap. Thanks for letting me know lol
 
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