ARAPAIMA colours

[Pharaoh]

I'm sure Li has a platinum pima. LOL

 

[Arapaimaman]

I have seen two pima's in the wild that where the red color on it,it was all white,no red at all.

Arapaimaman

 

[Hesh69]

when thy r small the tail is black n the front part is greenish.. red is the only colour iv seen so far.. i dont own a one..but certainly i hv seen so many!!! cheers

 

[Stinkiray]

So are there any ways to like, bring out the red in Arapaimas? Of course there are no confirmed(?) methods I guess...

 

[johnptc]

diet helps

 

[Stinkiray]

Umm, any suggestions?

 

[SimonL]

I hear feeding them Lucky Charms brings out a multi-coloured hue...

Seriously, red shelled shrimp and colour enhancing pellets (and additives) are the two most common.

 

[johnptc]

i use alot of hikari

 

[SimonL]

i use alot of hikari

I have this humorous mental image of you flinging unopened bags of Massivore to your Arapaima...

 

[johnptc]

I have this humorous mental image of you flinging unopened bags of Massivore to your Arapaima...

kg at a time but opened