VIP RED AROWANA - i am getting one wants some info:)

[henward]

I am looking at an IMPERIAL VIP RED
about 20 cm, apparently some nice colours are starting to come out

anyways, diet mainly i will feed the following

Live home bred locust
Raw prawns with shell

i will also stuff the prawns with massivore and hikari jumbo carnivore sticks

but i wante dto know some people say 2 to 3 times a week, soak or inject food with vitamins. liquid vitamins for fish

can someone recommend a couple of brands to me?

is this ok?
http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/Nourish.html

or what would you reocmmend? or is it even required?
i mean pellets should have the extra top up they need perhaps?

Also , i will have a black background, black substrate.
lighting. whats sort of lighting do you recommend for a VIP red to make it a blue base red?
from top, aqua glo?
i was planning on getting that submerged light you put on the front of the tank facing inwards.

http://www.hollywoodfishfarm.co.nz/detail/view/arcadia-arowana-underwater-tanning-light/m/1076/
http://www.aquatics-direct.co.uk/catalogue/arowana-underwater-light-set.asp

 

[bosanova]

any light not similar to the sun spectrum is make up ,you might as well paint the fish ,good coloration is a by product of gene and diet , not make up ,keep it simple

 

[henward]

i see
so i should put white light, as natural as possible not the red tanning lights?
i can use reptile bulb to tan? reptile bulb has a high UV content but not red in tint

 

[Chaitika]

If you a pellet based diet, I wouldn't worry too too much about vitamins. If you go with a locust/prawn based diet, I would use vitamins every other or third feeding or so. Seachem products are usually of a high quality.

I have never heard of lighting changing an aro's base colour. The only thing I can think of is that tanning darkens the aro's colours.

 

[Hao]

If you a pellet based diet, I wouldn't worry too too much about vitamins. If you go with a locust/prawn based diet, I would use vitamins every other or third feeding or so. Seachem products are usually of a high quality.

I have never heard of lighting changing an aro's base colour. The only thing I can think of is that tanning darkens the aro's colours.

x2 Super Red's base color is through genes, you could enhance the color by tanning it.