QUALITY MIDAS??

[RD.]

I honestly don't know, but many Asian aro keepers certainly think that one can "tan" red colored aros using full spectrum lighting.

 

[ehh]

Do you think full spectrum lights will make any difference? That's really cool about the algae. I use spirulina for blue phyo-whatevers.

I went from a bulb that wasn't full spectrum to one that was I notice that the colors look different. The orange and white on my amph were more defined from each other if that makes sense.
This picture is with the full spectrum bulb.




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[ehh]

This picture is with one that isn't


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[Wailua Boy]

The main determining factor in color is genetic potential(just like in humans) , everything else is secondary...

 

[FriedFlowerHornFillet]

LOL IDK I turn red and then purple in the sun. Eating onions makes my face turn green. sorry couldn't help myself. I've gotten fish from the same batch as my friends same genetics and everything and with incredibly different results. I've taken siblings and put them in different setups and noticed radical changes as well.

 

[Wailua Boy]

Each individual fish has a genetic potential, even siblings will have a different genetic potential. Once again your genetic potential allows your skin to tan(and other factors, although secondary) or to turn red, then purple, as you stated.(you must be a haole if you are turning red, sorry couldn't help myself)

 

[RD.]

The main determining factor in color is genetic potential(just like in humans) , everything else is secondary...

Correct, but tweaking the other factors that can enhance the color of a fish, can result in a great deal of difference in how those genetics ultimately display themselves. Diet, lighting, substrate color, background color, stress levels, etc, can all have a major impact on the color of most tropical fish.

 

[Wailua Boy]

Correct, but tweaking the other factors that can enhance the color of a fish, can result in a great deal of difference in how those genetics ultimately display themselves. Diet, lighting, substrate color, background color, stress levels, etc, can all have a major impact on the color of most tropical fish.

I would agree with your statements to a point. I just think it is a wait of time/resources trying to make a orange fish, red.

 

[RD.]

This fish will never turn red, I believe I even said just that back at post #50.

Looks great! He won't turn red but with proper diet and care he could intensify more in the orange spectrum.

 

[Cyberman]

I have seen nicer, but seeing you live in the uk its hard to know if your going to find better, they literally fish these things out of the florida channels in the US so I have see much better looking specimens, I have owned a albino and super orange midus that had bigger koks than this one... So yeah you may be limited to what you can find in your location.

Do people actually read what I wrote about this fish, before commenting???!!!

Living in the UK makes little difference to the quality of a fish... This F1 Midas actually originates from Jeff Rapps, no less and should compare well against any feral Midevil found in Florida