Why such unnatural gravel?
- Thread starter HrHagel
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It helps their fish to bring out their potential much more. Some fish may show lots of potential with red gravels, switch it out into blue gravels and they will stress so much that they won't even swim or eat. It all depends on the fish itself and the owner's liking. 
i'm not totally sure because i prefer natural myself , but i think they are experimenting with ways of bringing out color on their fish . ..... either that or they have tacky taste ???
Hey thanks for your swift replyBIG_ONE;4823576; said:It helps their fish to bring out their potential much more. Some fish may show lots of potential with red gravels, switch it out into blue gravels and they will stress so much that they won't even swim or eat. It all depends on the fish itself and the owner's liking.
If by "bringing out their potential" you mean, that the light reflects back from the gravel onto the fish, and highlights a specific color tone, then i can understand.
But i am bit sceptical, if you are talking about how the fish will grow and be healthy. You can't change genetics, no matter how hard you try
BIG_ONE;4823576; said:It helps their fish to bring out their potential much more. Some fish may show lots of potential with red gravels, switch it out into blue gravels and they will stress so much that they won't even swim or eat. It all depends on the fish itself and the owner's liking.
^ I've never heard of that.. but ya never know...
And I think it mostly has to do with what your familiar with... as an unexperienced fishkeeper, unless doing some reasearch doesn't really think something sleek.. it's more of the tacky blue and green gravel..I think. And then some keepers just like the colorful gravel.. I personally don't like it either.. but it is what it is.. we all have different taste..
That was my initial thought too, to highlight certain color tones on the fish itself, but you can do that with the lighting fairly easy, by having multiple different kelvin bulbspapawoody;4823579; said:
To be honest, i am totally with you, on it being extremely tacky, haha.
To each theire own though, ofcourse.
Feng shui! EVERY fish keeper knows green gravel goes on the east side of the tank, red to the south, white to the west and any dark color goes on the north side. Your fish will be much more relaxed and peaceful. You can often see them floating around with their pectoral fins together as if meditating.
lol, just messing around. I have white, black or natural substrate in all my tanks but one. I do have a light green/dark blue mix in my nursery tank only because it was free...well, that, and it looks good in a nursery lol
lol, just messing around. I have white, black or natural substrate in all my tanks but one. I do have a light green/dark blue mix in my nursery tank only because it was free...well, that, and it looks good in a nursery lol