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Hello.

Does anyone know if it is possible to effect the colour of your L24´s fin colour buy feeding it food with added colour?

Look at the fin colour on this 50 cm brute. He is being feed whole shrimps with shell. Could this be the secret behind its colour?

Could be. It's fairly well known that fish can change colour based on their diet - ask anyone breeding salmon for example!

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Mats

You can definitely affect the colour. I have been feeding my Panaque with carrots and yams (the orange flesh ones that are really sweet potato) often, and I see a change in colouration in some of them. The L90 and L226 in particular take on an orangish hue. Even my L239 have had some orange highlights from the food.

Even humans can turn yellow.

I am wondering if the red fins of the L24´s, is caused by consuming crustations in their natrual habitat?

I'm sure they have red fins whatever you feed them - just like orange/red goldfish are always orange/red - but feed them "red" food, and they get a little bit more red.

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Mats

I am not talking about the ground colour of the fins.

I mean that they might get a stronger reddish colour form their diet.

Andersp90 wrote:I am not talking about the ground colour of the fins.

I mean that they might get a stronger reddish colour form their diet.

Agreed

I often feed my 4 L14's sweet potato and they all still have a nice orange colour, maybe I should give them carrots as well to keep them looking pretty

Red sweet/bell peppers is another food that carries red colour.

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Mats