Question

why does fish food be in maroon and green colour

Answer 1

Everyone wants to see their fish sporting their best colors and brightening their aquarium. Your fish can have their natural colors enhanced through their food without the use of hormones or other unnatural additives.

Answer 2

Everyone wants to see their fish sporting their best colors and brightening their aquarium. Your fish can have their natural colors enhanced through their food without the use of hormones or other unnatural additives.

A brief Overview of Fish Pigment

We don’t want to drown you in technicalities, but a basic understanding of how coloration/pigment appears in fish will assist you in making your fish food choices.

Fish ‘skin’ has chromatophores, a type of cell that contains color pigments. These pigments utilize carotenoids to bring forth shades of yellow (Xanthophylls), red and orange (Carotenoids), and brown and black (Melanin). Genetics dictate where these colors are, while the diet impacts the actual pigment.

Yellow and Red shades are the two colors most effectively influenced by color enhancing foods, which utilize the chromatophores. However, protein and foods such as seaweed can also work hand & hand with the chromatophores to produce brilliant blues, purples and greens in fish. Combine that with the possibilities opened by layering and you have a virtual rainbow of fish shades.

The main chromatophores found in fish influence coloration as follows:

Xanthophores: Yellow
Erythrophores: Red
Melanophores: Black / Brown
Leucophores / Iridophores: Reflective crystals (influence how shiny your fish are)



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