Super Red

[Koji]

Anyone feed super reds krill?

It's a good diet for super red or fish which need the little help in their redness.

 

[ultimatejay]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26657

Thanks for the link. I had no idea. Sounds a little risky to me though. I think a good diet and good water conditions would be a better way to go. I think this tanning method is like shooting steroids for athletes- cheating. If you're going to do all that, just inject your arro with color dye like they do on the barbs and gouramis.

 

[Boydo]

Thanks for the link. I had no idea. Sounds a little risky to me though. I think a good diet and good water conditions would be a better way to go.

I agree, I'm a little gun shy with tanning, I talk about trying it, but the truth is I probably will never try it. With him in the comm tank I would have to move him into my 280 for tanning which is fine. The problem is getting him back into the comm tank, adding new fish to it always starts fighting, and he would get bullied around for a while. To hard to watch, I have had no fighting in months and I'm not ready to risk it, atleast not now.

davo Anyone feed super reds krill?

I have and do feed krill when they are small, but a staple of market prawn is much more affordable.

no color enhancing pellets?

HAHAHAHA
Of course no color enhancers, just quality food from the local seafood shop.
diet: from most to less; prawn, trout/salmon, tuna, catfish, superworms.
I feed my superworms new life spectrum pellets, carrots, and apples.

Koji Basically red develop their colouration through age and not size nor tanning. That's why even you tan a young fish, the fish will never obtain the full coverage like an adult fish.

I agree 100%, there genes determine color, but a good diet will help them achieve there full potienial.

 

[ultimatejay]

I agree, I'm a little gun shy with tanning, I talk about trying it, but the truth is I probably will never try it. With him in the comm tank I would have to move him into my 280 for tanning which is fine. The problem is getting him back into the comm tank, adding new fish to it always starts fighting, and he would get bullied around for a while. To hard to watch, I have had no fighting in months and I'm not ready to risk it, atleast not now.



I have and do feed krill when they are small, but a staple of market prawn is much more affordable.


HAHAHAHA
Of course no color enhancers, just quality food from the local seafood shop.
diet: from most to less; prawn, trout/salmon, tuna, catfish, superworms.
I feed my superworms new life spectrum pellets, carrots, and apples.



I agree 100%, there genes determine color, but a good diet will help them achieve there full potienial.

I wouldn't feed your arro's superworms as they are very hard for the arro's to digest. I recommend crickets gutfed with carrots, spectrum pellets, etc.

 

[Boydo]

I wouldn't feed your arro's superworms as they are very hard for the arro's to digest. I recommend crickets gutfed with carrots, spectrum pellets, etc.

They get worms once every week or two as a treat, and crikets are a bad Idea for me unless I start my own farm. My aro's eat 2-3 cups of food a night , that would be an awful lot of crikets. There are way to addictive, I used to get them crikets once in a while for a treat, the buggers would food strike afterwards wanting more.

 

[ultimatejay]

They get worms once every week or two as a treat, and crikets are a bad Idea for me unless I start my own farm. My aro's eat 2-3 cups of food a night , that would be an awful lot of crikets. There are way to addictive, I used to get them crikets once in a while for a treat, the buggers would food strike afterwards wanting more.

Yeah, I hear you there. It gets expensive.

 

[PhullTank57]

Very nice!

 

[Opiate]

awesome fish!!! great size for it's age to yea?