RE: Melons

[Davidzil]

Hi, whats the deal with yellow melons turning orange.
Is it the food?

[Bill63SG]

Its a possibility depending on what your feeding.Some foods have red enhancers.

[Davidzil]

I feed: New Life Spectrum, Als Australian BW, Bills super beef heart flake.

[rickztahone]

I feed: New Life Spectrum, Als Australian BW, Bills super beef heart flake.

those flakes would do it

[Rudustin]

I you are feeding Al's FDBW's with colored enhancement you that may be doing it also.

[Davidzil]

I see, will it reverse if stopped?
from what I see, to keep the yellow color, you need to keep them in a separate tank.

[Bill63SG]

Yes it will reverse.And why keep in separate tank?Just don't feed color enhanced foods.

[Davidzil]

Thanks Bill,

Since we are on the topic of food, most that I like to feed have color enhancers, Bills flake does, so does Hikari Discus Bio-Gold, don't know if New Life Spectrum or Zoo med Earthworm does?

[Bill63SG]

I feed sera granules,and al's blackworms,the regular ones,ans freeze dries blood worms.No enhancers there,and a variety of flake from ken's,ill have to check those.

[Davidzil]

Thanks Bill, which blood worms do you use, I use to use Hikari and for some reason I started having an allergic reaction to them.

[Bill63SG]

Many people have a reaction to them.I use the freeze dried from JehmCo.You probably shouldn't because the dust could get into your lungs.

[Davidzil]

I see, thanks

[Kyla]

the allergic reaction can get worse over time too. i cant even be in the same room as blood worms anymore. i have switched to freeze dried black worms now, which the fish like way more and which dont cause reactions.

[Davidzil]

Yes, I am trying to stay away

[brewmaster15]

Hi David,

New Life Spectrum

check the ingredients. Any foods containing Krill, spirullina and other algaes are loaded with orange and red pigments.

hth,
al