shrimp color enhancer

[deondrec]

has anyone ever tried this? i have cherry red shrimip and was thinking about it
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwinverts&1232570023

[pik01]

if you want naturose you can order 2 ounces from kensfish for $7 before shipping

http://www.kensfish.com/kensspecialtyfood.html

[The Zigman]

just feed them algae wafers twice a week...

[msjinkzd]

I have used naturose, its in a lot of color enhancing foods as well. I don't feed it to most of my shrimp as I don't want their colors to change when they hit their new homes but I did use it with a portion of my blue/black shrimp to see if it would enhance their blues and it did. Supposedly it turns yellow shrimp green as well.

[H3D]

My shrimp have plenty of color already...

[deondrec]

true but i was just wondering. i drop three algae wafer into the tank already but im unsure if their eating. i have 1 pleco 8 nerites 4 ramshorn 1 otto 2 saes 3 ghost shrimp and then the cherry red shrimp. i drop zuch in yesterday and i have saw every thing in the tank feeding of it except the red shrimp.

[southerndesert]

Yes indeed it will turn Yellow Shrimp (Neocaridina heteropoda) a blue green color after a couple weeks of use. They will become yellow again after stopping use, but it takes a while. I did some experimenting with this stuff a year or so ago.

[H3D]

The BEST color enhancer is quality lighting.

[pik01]

what kind of lighting do you use? I have CFLs around the 6500-10000k range. Or are you referring to something else entirely?

[H3D]

what kind of lighting do you use? I have CFLs around the 6500-10000k range. Or are you referring to something else entirely?

On my shrimp tanks I run Coralife T5 strips with dual bulbs. They have a 6700K bulb and a 10K bulb. It may seem like you could just use any bulbs that have the same color spectrum, but the Coralife's bulbs are really amazing. :thm:

[deondrec]

i have a coralife freshwater 65 watt fixture

[H3D]

i have a coralife freshwater 65 watt fixture

I have several of those fixtures too. Great lights, but they come with an all 6700K bulb. Which is very yellow/green light. I recently replaced the bulbs in my 4' version of this light with two 65 watt half and half bulbs and was amazed by the difference. :)

[jencheung]

H3D - When you say half and half bulbs, what exactly do you mean? Are there bulbs that are half 6,500 and half 10K? The only half and half bulbs I've seen are the saltwater half daylight, half actinic bulbs and I've heard that actinic isn't good for plant growth in freshwater. Am I missing something?

[H3D]

H3D - When you say half and half bulbs, what exactly do you mean? Are there bulbs that are half 6,500 and half 10K? The only half and half bulbs I've seen are the saltwater half daylight, half actinic bulbs and I've heard that actinic isn't good for plant growth in freshwater. Am I missing something?

Yes. They are half plant - half full.

Here is a link to the replacement bulbs I used...

http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsUS/ctl3684/cp18367/si1379056/cl0/coralifecolormax6700k65wpowercompactlampstpin

[deondrec]

what is the difference? plant growth, fish color, less algae?

[msjinkzd]

i haven't noticed a difference

[H3D]

what is the difference? plant growth, fish color, less algae?

It makes a huge difference in the color of everything inside the aquarium.

Typical 6700K bulb light color spectrum.

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Typical Colormax bulb light color spectrum.

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Look at the differences in the amount of colored light being given off.