Ive had Black Crappie for about 1 month and htey have grown substantioally (pardon my grammar) but their color is lackign at 5in long. I have snails, feeder guppies, earthworms, brine shrimp flakes and a high protein color enrichment flake. The fish looked washed out as a sign of improper diet or bad water quality. But considering they've each grown 1-3" why would this happen? And I feed them 1-2 times per day and sometimes leave the light on all day and sometimes not and their color stays the same.
Black Crappie Coloring
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What color is your substrate and background? Fish will naturally look darker when their surroundings are dark...likewise if your background and substrate is really light colored they will be pale.
Justin
Also...leave the light off more...this keeps the tank "darker" more often.
Justin
Also...leave the light off more...this keeps the tank "darker" more often.
Thanks. I see all these nice looking bass and other sunfish and was worrying they were not receiving a proper diet. They have a lighter substrate or small tan/white/bashe gravel and green plants and dark maroon rocks. The lights are on and off so they get enough of both i would guess. Will post pics soon, pretty sure their white crappie also
Snookman's got it. Black background and brown gravel will give you better color. If you don't want a background, adding driftwood and plants can help.
Temperate fish seem to change color more than tropicals (or at least the tropicals that are popular in the trade). My warmouth can go from ghost pale to nearly black in just a few seconds.
Temperate fish seem to change color more than tropicals (or at least the tropicals that are popular in the trade). My warmouth can go from ghost pale to nearly black in just a few seconds.
