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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / July 2004colour change
Greetings Goldfish Gurus I have a black googly eyed fantail that is about five years old and male (as far as I can tell from reading various faqs and articles). About two months ago some lighter colouring started to appear on some areas of its body, in particular behind its eyes and gills and along its spine at the base of its dorsal fin. At first I attributed the colour to new growth, a theory I have since dropped as its size hasn't changed at all. These lighter areas are now quite obviously turning a bright orange and there is a strong hint of orange from under the rest of its black scales. I'm not worried about its health, but just interested in this colour change as I've never seen it before in any of my other fish. Any ideas? Cheers vYv completely normal. Ingrid >Greetings Goldfish Gurus > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >Cheers >vYv ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. > completely normal. Ingrid > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >health, but just interested in this colour change as I've never seen it > >before in any of my other fish. Any ideas? I had the same question. My second biggest GF ( 5") is going completely silver. It looks like it's sickly based on the colour, but seems fine otherwise. It's always the first to the trough when there's food to be had. I think it's a female, as the others were bunting it's belly a few months back. I also found two babies last summer, which are about 2" now and completely silver. I guess I should not be worried? > I had the same question. My second biggest GF ( 5") is going completely > silver. It looks like it's sickly based on the colour, but seems fine [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I guess I should not be worried? Sounds like its a genetic thing. Don't worry at all. To Geezer the List: I've had two black moors turn gold, starting with their bellies. It was a really beutifuyl change to watch, though both fush eventually passed away. It may be that, at least in some fish, the black coloration is an immature stage. FWIW jn > > I had the same question. My second biggest GF ( 5") is going completely > > silver. It looks like it's sickly based on the colour, but seems fine [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sounds like its a genetic thing. Don't worry at all. |
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