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Red Light Treatment for Bichir

I'm sharing this article about an experiment I did back in April 2015


Today is sharing time how to maximise lap, endli and Ansorgii marking without using red garnet sand.

When I first bought the lap, the moment the fish entered my tank I felt like returning the fish back, fish was thin n colorless.

But Kitty Lai told me to take the lap challenge so I did. And after fumbling for a month alas I found a way to turn on the marking n color.

The solution RLT - Red Light Treatment, use LED lighting those with multiple color adjustment.

Formula - tank should be somewhat dark to begin with. Turn on the LED the rest of the day when u off yr tank light. My main tank light is on for 6hrs a day tat means my LED is on 18hrs a day. Set yr LED to the red mode and lowest brightness setting.

The idea is when the red LED shine on the bottom it mimics Kerala red sand.

I got this result in just 7 days. I presume this formula works for PBB too the contrast for my endli improved too. I'm selling of the lap..I'm never a lap guy lol

Enjoy n hope this helps u with yr Lap or Pbb coloration.








Take note of the Ansorgiis marking intensity 


During RLT

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