Food Coloring for that Deep Ocean effect?

I have a humming bird feeder in my yard that some really big, black with yellow striped wasps took over. I can fill it three times a day and they will drain the whole thing every time. They fly away with the suger water dripping out of them! I just gave up filling it because they would swarm at me everytime I did. Now they go after all the peaches that fall off my peach tree.
 
You should get them to attack the feeder again and buy to cans of Raid for wasp's have one in each hand and fire away youll get rid of alot of wasp but then your feeder would be no good anymore. Could always just buy another feeder. I dont know this is what I would do especially if there hitting you peach tree now.
 
you should try to locate the nest and get rid of them that way. If you wait until dark - they will all be in the nest for the night and you can spray them all at once. Of course you'll probably get rid of your primary pollinators for your peach tree like that too.
 
Originally posted by GER1023
Yeah how would you like it if someone said ok no more seeing things clear you see everthing blue now. That would suck I think it would put to much stress on the fish also the carbon would filter it out so it would be pointless.
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C'mon GER, you're from CA, don't you use sunglasses? How many different colors do they make sunglasses in? I don't use carbon so don't have to worry about it taking out the coloring.

"IT would be like having a pig farm next door, smelling and tasting it 24/7." It's food coloring!! It doesn't have a taste or odor, how is that the same???
 
Actually yeah I live in CA but I hate sunglasses they hurt my eyes I see no point in wearing them also we as humans choose to change the color to see the world now whos to say a fish want to se his world like a pi$$ed in pool or a blood bath or in the ocean. The only color I would have no prob with it brown and that is obtained from Driftwood which is completely natural and harmless to fish. Dyes would eventually stress fish out to much remember humans and fish two totally differant species of animal (not calling anyone an animal just making a statement) you wouldnt compare a bird to a snake or a spider to a whale so why compare fish to a human. One thing that works for us dont work for other creatures. Like humans could eat avacados without getting sick (unless you allergic) but feed a bird a avacado and you going to have a dead bird so dont compare to totally differant creature.
 
beviking - just curious how you are absolutely sure that fish can't taste or smell food coloring - how about changes in electro-chemical aspects of the water like conductivity?

To say that the only thing that changes is the color of the water is premature. Tanins are a natural pigment - that lowers pH and softens water.
 
I know that about the ph and water softening but Im getting at it doesnt effect fish in a ad way in the sence there not going to become ill or sterile I know its bad for like africans who like hard water or other fish that like high ph. Work with me here.
 
GER - sorry I re-read my post and realized the confusion. I was not making the remark against tanins, but rather trying to use them as an example of a substance that not only causes color change but chemical change as well.

I agree with you tanins are a very good thing when appropriate.

Sorry for the mix up:p
 
I recall that many years back, the University of New Mexico had a pond on campus that experienced a serious algae bloom--the pond was basically a solid green marsh. They treated it with one of the dye algacides. It did get rid of the algae, but all the fish and ducks that were in the pond were also died blue. Caused a huge problem, everyone was screaming mad.

I would worry that the dye would change the color of the fish, and potential influence the slime coat which is essential for fish health. My best answer is: not in my tank!
 
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