Does some of their color come with age?

[Firecracker]

Will my brichardi 'daffodil' get more color as it grows & ages?

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Does some of their color come with age?

They don't have much color to begin with....


Depends on what you are feeding them, water conditions and tankmates...I have noticed the best coloration with those in formed colonies.

[Firecracker]

Re: Does some of their color come with age?

Some of them get that nice orange look on their bodies...

[CichlidFan]

Re: Does some of their color come with age?

I think it's a combination of diet and water conditions, and their tank mates have some thing to do with it too. If there are a few of them, one will most likely display his colors to the others.

CF

[Firecracker]

Re: Does some of their color come with age?

Good point. It's the male that I would like to color up a little, though, and you can't have more than one male in a 55g... He already kicked the other one out that I had in there ;-)
I give them food with a carotenoid in it & try to give them frozen food (bloodworm, shrimp) as well (not every day, but frequently). I am hoping that will help.

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Does some of their color come with age?

NewLifeSpectrum does wonders!

[Firecracker]

Re: Does some of their color come with age?

Okay, I ordered some from e-bay :-)  Thanks!
Have you been feeding yours this food? If so, how long did you feed before you noticed results?

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Does some of their color come with age?

I have fed all my fish NLS......

It does wonders! The best example though is probably with the Celestial Pearl Danios....when they were coming in they had sunken stomachs....no color at all other then a fade of reddish brown and gray. A lot of them came in really poor condition and if you ever seen some in the LFS they never resembled the pictures you see online which makes you think that those pictures are photoshopped.....well here is what those horrible looking CPD's looked like after a few months of nothing but NLS.




Female



These shrimp get fed NLS...


Some Embers....these I got from Fish Gallery...if you see them there you will notice that mine are a nice orange red while the ones that are still there are yellow white.

about a few weeks a month after I got them on NLS


Now

[algarciajr]

Re: Does some of their color come with age?

I bought some Daffodil brichardis at Ultimate Fish this past Sunday. I am also feeding them NewLifeSpectrum Growth formula, hoping they fill color up and grow.

[Firecracker]

Re: Does some of their color come with age?

It is sinking to the bottom SO quickly, like instantly... My fish are not getting much of it because of that.  I'm sure they pick some off of the ground later, but they are used to their food sinking more slowly- giving them more time to eat it before it hits the ground. My female comes out from behind the rocks when she smells the food, but if it's more than 3 seconds the food is already on the ground & she's looking around the water for it.  Any suggestions??

[algarciajr]

Re: Does some of their color come with age?

I bought the smallest pellet from NLS and it sinks very slowly, most of it floats on the surface when there is little surface agitaion. I have an Aquaclear 20 on that tank and I turn down the flow rate when feeding so that the food does not sink faster. Here is a link to the food I bought. the pellets are very small.

http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsUS/ctl3684/cp18336/si1382526/cl0/newlifespectrumgrowthformula300gr