RE: [Killietalk] RE: Role of vitamins in fish color

[Brian Watters <bwatters at sasktel_net>]

Lee Harper wrote:

>
> It could just be a "chameleon" effect.
> Maybe the whiter, turbid water has the same effect.
>

Yes, that is the best explanation that I can come up with as well. However,
it is still somewhat of an inconsistent explanation because, as I said, the
vast majority of Notho habitats are strongly turbid anyway, although not as
bright white.

>
> Brian, did those collected fish stay that way?
>

No. From my previous message: "Incidentally, in all cases, when we brought
the fish home, within two weeks or less in the aquarium they had regained
full and brilliant color."
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