FEEDING ORANGE KOI ANGELFISH TO MAINTAIN COLOR

This is a guide to feeding Orange Koi Angelfish. I offer this to help the Angelfish hobbyist understand the importance of properly feeding Orange Kois to intensify and maintain their orange color. If not properly fed, the orange color canand probable will fade.KoiAngelfish have a gene that allows them to retain caroteniods in their body tissue and scales. Caroteniods are thepigmentthat make carrots orange. If properly feed, orange kois will store this pigment in their tissue and intensify in color as they grow. The color can range from dark gold to dark red-orange. It is important to feed, almost exclusivly, with foods that contain caroteniods in some form, especially while the fish are juveniles. After they reach adult size , it's not as critical to feed these foods all the time. Foods that contain caroteniods are: color flakes,dried krill, dried ocean plankton, frozen brine shrimp