you ought to checkout sighthunter's post on the indigo forum dec.31- can diet influince skin color.
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if you own a pinkskin snapper
SteveH
Jan 07, 2006 09:56 PM
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darthjadden
Jan 08, 2006 11:03 PM
yes it certainly can just look for example how pink flamingos get there pink coat.... it is from eating only a diet of shimp. and that is a proven fact... so one can conclude if a snapper or something else ate only a diet of shrimp would it then have a pink tink to its skin?
SteveH
Jan 09, 2006 09:39 PM
carotene rich diets will bring out the pink and yellow colors in hypo or pinkskin snappers giving them even more intense colors. i heard it works better on yellow than red according to the post in the indigo forum. i really dont know what it would do to a normal colored snapper, i guess it should give their skin a pinkish tint. farm raised salmon are fed a diet to turn their meat pink but i cant get my turtles to eat it yet.
