Colouring Discus

[sandunsiri]

Guys is there any way to make my Marlboro discus more red.

 

[KittyKat]

Provide perfect conditions in every way is the best option.. if he is young, he should get more colour with age.

An alternative is colour enhancing food, but some people say that these have a negative effect on the fish.

 

[meguro]

feed prawns

 

[Cichlid_Crazy]

Pink lights
(amazon tubes)

 

[SBL]

Crustaceans, feed tings like shrimp, crab meat, prawns, and other Crustaceans.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

Various types of algae will help spirulina, etc. As others mentioned, shell fish is great, because it naturally contains high amounts of Astaxanthin, a color enhancer. Some people will add NatuRose http/www.naturose.com/ into their seafood/beefheart mix, which is a high content Astaxanthin supplement. Keep in mind, it can take up to one year for Discus to develop their full color, if he is this old or older, and you are doing recommended and regular tank maintenance, then this should work.

HTH.

An alternative is colour enhancing food, but some people say that these have a negative effect on the fish.

Never heard this before, unless it's synthetic color enhancers like steroids... Who said this?

 

[meguro]

The flamingo's characteristic pink colouring is caused by the beta carotene in their diet. The source of this varies by species, but shrimp and blue-green algae are common sources; zoo-fed flamingos may be given food with the additive canthaxanthin, which is often also given to farmed salmon.

Young flamingos hatch with grey plumage, but adults range from light pink to bright red due to aqueous bacteria and beta carotene obtained from their food supply... Captive flamingos are a notable exception; many turn a pale pink as they are not fed carotene at levels comparable to the wild. This is changing as more zoos begin to add prawns and other supplements to the diets of their flamingos.

http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo#Description