Re: Can lighting affect Cichlid color?
I think, at least its my experience, that lighting plays a big role in fish color, as do the other things noted. I find that in my native tanks when i turn on the lights in the morning the fish are all paled out and calm which i think is their natural, resting coloration but when i turn on the lights abruptly they freak out a little and a sudden burst of color comes out, then they seem to mellow out somewhere in between.
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