Re: [Killietalk] Melanin

["Joe Scanlan" <drkillinut at charter_net>]

I guess what I really need to know is, what foods we feed our fish are 
especially high in tyrosine?   I also wonder if sunlight might be a 
necessary stimulant as it is in human melanocytes?   Anyone with the answer? 
Maybe I should keep my fish in outdoor sunlit pools?     Joe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LeeH920226 at aol_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Melanin


> In a message dated 4/9/05 11:11:34 AM, drkillinut at charter_net writes:
>
> <<  I remember reading something about the diet for these fishes. 
> Anyone
> have any suggestions about the feeding of these fishes?   >>
>
> Mine eat anything alive - worms, larvae, daphnia, and some flake foods 
> high
> in protein. However, mine are not melanistic. Some I had in a cool area 
> died
> when the temperature dipped below 40 degrees this winter. I have other 
> juveniles
> inside that are doing fine.
>
> Lee Harper
> Media, PA
>
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