Color-enhancing food question!

[Telperion]

Will it hurt a gold millenium fish to be fed discus food with color enhancers designed for red discus? or blue discus?

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[Ben]

Yes...

Any yellow based fish with red enhancers will go orange.

A small amount fed will be fine, such as colour bits twice per week.

[Telperion]

Interesting. Would feeding a blue discus with red pellets have a similar effect?

I have Azoo food for blue discus and Azoo food for red discus. Should I just return them?? :oops: I have not yet purchases my fish but planned to get an ocean green, brilliant blue, leopard pigeon, and blue snakeskin. I also plan to make my own beefheart and shrimp mixes as well as feeding bloodworms etc. I certainly don't want to mess with their coloration with the color enhancing foods...

:?:

[Ben]

I have fed a colour food made specifically for red-based fish to blue diamonds..

The outcome was it does nothing to the blue but their fins go a washed out purple colour, most predominant near the penducle.

Foods such as Azoo will be fine to feed to either colour discus. Just feed in small doses.

As for making a BH, there is no need to add colour enhancers...just a good helping of spirulina works a treat!

Ben