Lemon Peel Angelfish

[Alberta-newb]

The pale colors just may be a result of him being in a new setting and quarantine. Fish do tend to pale out when under stress. A good natural color enhancer is astaxanthin, this is used by commercial fish farms to give farm raised salmon a nice pink color to their flesh. I've tried to locate it in it's pure form but it is rare and pricy (it's extracted from a marine algae/plankton from what I understand) Fortunately it is also found in good concentrations in krill, so I supplement my fishes diet with frozen krill as a treat.

[High tide]

Cyclopeze and Cyclopeze Micro Crabs work well.

[michika]

I'm thinking the pale area you've described is the fish's lateral line. How about a photo?

Most fish will benefit from a varied diet, so not eating the same thing every day all the time. I agree with Alberta-newb on the krill comment.

[mahdlo]

Originally Posted by michika

I'm thinking the pale area you've described is the fish's lateral line. How about a photo?

Most fish will benefit from a varied diet, so not eating the same thing every day all the time. I agree with Alberta-newb on the krill comment.

Michika, yes it is the lateral line. I should've thought to use that term! Sorry, but I have no camera and my phone camera just won't cut it. I'll try to borrow one from a friend and hopefully be able to upload for you all to see. But maybe by then, the fish will have its colours out.

Originally Posted by Alberta-newb

The pale colors just may be a result of him being in a new setting and quarantine. Fish do tend to pale out when under stress. A good natural color enhancer is astaxanthin, this is used by commercial fish farms to give farm raised salmon a nice pink color to their flesh. I've tried to locate it in it's pure form but it is rare and pricy (it's extracted from a marine algae/plankton from what I understand) Fortunately it is also found in good concentrations in krill, so I supplement my fishes diet with frozen krill as a treat.

Thanks for the suggestion on using krill. I'm going to go ahead and buy some.

I've already bought some selcon to soak my brine shrimp with. I have some leftover frozen silversides that are about 1" in length that I used to feed to my lionfish, but sold that. How can I prepare this so that my trigger can eat it? If I put it in whole, it just gets very, very messy.

So with the krill, I now have... nori, brine shrimp, pellets. What other things can I feed my fish that you guys have found successful?

Thanks!

[michika]

Mysis, and squid are a couple other good additions.

[Alberta-newb]

Or get a nice balanced diet with michika's frozen blend...my fish go nuts over it!