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reun Big Fish Posts: 332 Kudos: 216 Registered: 04-Nov-2005 | I had to move tanks recently, and my betta lost alot of its color...i have tried to condition it with stress coat and live and frozen foods along with its diet...to no avail. it was loosing color before the move, and after the move the body turned almost silver. is this a sign of age? the fins are in good condition, my lemons arent nipping them, and while they arent damaged by poor water conditions or anything, he rarely flares them anymore. any suggestions? behavior hasnt changed and isnt having any swelling or swimming difficulties...no fungus or scales looking any differant than normal...and none of the other tankmates are experiencing any problems at all. ph 7.0, no measurable n2o, nh3 or nh4...15% water changes twice weekly with gravel vac, water is slightly hard, and tempature 76 degrees. |
Posted 27-Oct-2007 23:45 | |
Twilight Hobbyist Posts: 102 Kudos: 76 Votes: 92 Registered: 15-Oct-2007 | |
Posted 28-Oct-2007 01:49 | |
reun Big Fish Posts: 332 Kudos: 216 Registered: 04-Nov-2005 | it was actually a dark blue/purple fantail betta with blue and red highlights on the fins...now the fins have white coloring along with the old colors, and the body is loosing purple/blue color and is turning silver. i would think if he had been dyed it woulda worn off before 4 months...maybe not, or maybe it is pigment, or maybe i am doing something wrong? |
Posted 28-Oct-2007 04:06 | |
keithgh *Ultimate Fish Guru* Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003 | If he was loosing colour before the change that is where you should start looking. The stress of moving would not help at all. How old is he it could easily be age. Is there a big difference between the two tanks before and after? Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW |
Posted 28-Oct-2007 08:22 | |
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001 | Could be the marble gene. As far as I know it is actually a group of genes that cause patchy colouration, white ba IF it is marble doing this, and you don't like the new colour, wait 2 months, more than likely it'll look completely different again! Any chance of a piccie? |
Posted 28-Oct-2007 09:34 | |
reun Big Fish Posts: 332 Kudos: 216 Registered: 04-Nov-2005 | I have a pic, however, the quality is poor due to my digital camera's inability to take clear moving shots...the area around the betta is flowing water from one of the filters making it worse. I did notice today that instead of being silver....he is pink! you can barely make out from the photo that the silver splotches are almost gone and most of the body is a light pink...keep in mind his origional color was actually a very dark blue with dark red fins. the head and frontal fins are still the dark blue though... there are still the weird white stripes in between his long flowing fins, and for somereason today the fins look more bedraggled than ussual...i am at a loss, i have no idea whats going on with this little guy... http://mysite.verizon.net/reswyf0q/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/betta.jpg maybe one of you will have some suggestions on what I am doing wrong... |
Posted 28-Oct-2007 22:00 | |
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001 | He still looks nice and bright, albeit a bit stressed. To me, the colour looks like a result of marbling, you can see the darker pigment changing along his body. For the moment, given no other signs other than colour changes, just treatc as peer normal and keep an eye on him. He could just be reacting to the increased stress coat (I have had some issues with that and bettas, I'd be very wary of ODing it if you use it) or something simple like that. Nice clean water and good food, and just keep an eye out for anything else |
Posted 29-Oct-2007 06:02 |
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