more NANFA-- Need lighting suggestion for fishes like red

anutej_at_loxinfo.co.th
Tue, 21 Jan 2003 16:51:17 +0700

I mean the blue color on my red shiner pale when look from the front of the glass but
brighten when look at from some angle.

Anuratana Tejavej

anutej_at_loxinfo.co.th wrote:

> For some fishes like red shiner and many danios they look bright and colorful they
> look bright green/blue in nets, hands, and in streams but pale in tanks. The blue
> or green color wash out in the aquarium but the strong blue/green is still there
> since the blue/green glow in shade, when they are hit by sunlight, and whenever
> the fish is netted out of the tank. Please give me the proper way to install
> light so that the blue/green coloration would show up well in bright tank.
>
> Anuratana Tejavej
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