You can use shrimp with the shell, krill, high color cichlid pellets, high color beta food, carrots (high in carotenes)....and basically any other foods that are high in alpha/beta carotenes.
~Taylor~
(Here's just my experience, not saying that there's any science behind it, but it seems if I have my water a little more toward the acidic side (6.0-6.4) it brings out their colors more... especially if the reduction is a result of peat or bogwood...)
I get prawns from the seafood department of my local grocery store.
Make sure you get uncooked prawns though!
(I prefer krill though... my fish have a tendency to "Unshell" the prawns... you get krill at the lfs.)
Another thing I just thought of...
Whenever I've increased the tannin in my water via peat pellets, bogwood, leaves or whatnot, the colors on the fish have really been highlighted.
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