New life spectrum ultra red

[Randys]

The peacocks are loosing their color because they're getting stressed out by the rowdy mbunas.

 

[jaws7777]

I recently started a 55 gallon tank with 13 small size cichlids. The tank is cycled with 0 ammonia, 0 nitites and 20 nitrates. I am feeding northfin krill gold, NF cichlid formula, and Nf veggie formula. Temp is set at 26 degree C. Have many hiding places.
The cichlids are smaller in size. Some mbunas and some peacocks. When i bought them from shop, they were very colorful (blue, yellow, blue with red tint etc etc). However after few days in my tank, the peacocks started loosing color. The blue color is changing to grey or silver color.
But the mbunas are holding their color and are looking beautiful. The size of the peacocks are bigger than the mbunas.
I am not sure why the peacocks are loosing color. Any suggestions?? Will nls ultra red help to bring back the red tint in the peacocks?

Not saying its related to your fish losing color but the last few pages may interest you

https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/northfin-food.677309/page-3

 

[SK13]

The peacocks are loosing their color because they're getting stressed out by the rowdy mbunas.

I replaced all the mbunas with small sized peacocks. Currently i have 10 peacocks in the 55 gallon. The aggression has reduced a lot. Hope the peacocks will do well in the tank.

 

[SK13]

Not saying its related to your fish losing color but the last few pages may interest you

https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/northfin-food.677309/page-3

Yesterday i bought new life spectrum ultra red. Feeding it exclusively from yesterday. I have put a hold on northfin food. Lets see how the nls food impact the peacocks. Hoping to get the color back. I am doing 40% water changes twice a week.

 

[jaws7777]

Never kept africans but nls algaemax is another good one

 

[888fish]

I feed algaemax to my plecos, loaches. Very stiff, solid large discs pellets.

 

[RD.]

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Could be various reasons. They could have been artificially enhanced and are now losing their color. Or it could be a dominance issue. Etc.

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The peacocks are loosing their color because they're getting stressed out by the rowdy mbunas.

Even removing the mbuna does not guarantee that all of the peacocks are going to color back up. Some peacocks, such as OB variants, actually have mbuna genes in their genetic make up, and those fish, along with others, can become hyper dominant in a 55 gallon, enough to keep other males from ever coloring up fully. Don't expect food to be a silver bullet, if you want to see the best out of a peacock keep 1 male with 3-4 females.

 

[SK13]

I have a OB that is smaller in size than other peacocks. Will keep an eye on it. Today i noticed little bit blue color on the gill plates of a blue peacock that completely turned in gryish silver. Hoping that it is getting back its color.

 

[magnificent]

It's most likely hormone enhanced fish.

 

[jsoto2005]

What is your opinion about new life spectrum ultra red fish food? Will it help the cichlids to color up nicely?

Late to the topic but I've recently tried feeding these to my Blood parrots and they are not really taking a liking to it. Anyone else had this experience ?