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Angelfish Eye Color is Fading-Red to Silver (Advice Wanted)

Discussion in 'Fish Diseases & Cures' started by LemonDiscus, Oct 14, 2008.

  1. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Thread Starter Active Member

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    Anyone know what it means when the eye color goes away on your fish? The breeding pair of angels no longer have their red eyes. They are silver now.

    Anyone know what this means? Water parameters match my community tank they came from downstairs?
     
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  2. Anonymous

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    Re: Change in eye color

    Maybe stress, possibly stress, its stress.
     
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    Re: Change in eye color

    Ok, makes sense as they are stressed from the environment change. Just wanted to make sure that was the cause. Freaking out over here! :)

    Thanks for the second opinion!
     
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    Now lemme follow that up with the fact that angelfish are the bain of my existance and I have never been able to keep one alive for longer than a couple months, but that said, I tried to rescue one from wal mart that was just plain old silver in the store, I got it home and its eyes turned bright red, and black stripes showed up on its body almost immediately. Then, like I said before, it died :( So, I have stopped torturing angels and left them to people like you lol.
     
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  5. LemonDiscus

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    Re: Change in eye color

    :)
    Wow... that is a way to put that! :)
     
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    Re: Change in eye color

    Well this morning they are red again
     
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    Re: Change in eye color

    Ok, for the 1st time sense putting the Angels in the bare-bottom tank they decided to eat today. They got their black back on their bodies and have nice pretty red eyes again. I had to be stress from living with me for the past year in a planted tank to being moved to a simple bare-bottom tank. They also are more spunky then they have been sense the move. Still not acting like they did downstairs in my 125 but seem to be doing better. I hope I did not jinx myself by posting this already :D
     
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    Glad they are doing better! I have noticed that since I took out all my fake plants and am waiting to go to the pet store for real ones that my angels are more active, as well as my little cory cat. I left his favorite plant in because he stays underneath it all the time, but since removing the others he has been out and about a lot more. In fact he is doing laps around the tank right now..lol.
     
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    Re: Change in eye color

    lol corys are funny! They are quite spastic at times!
     
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    I have had this little guy for at least 4 years, and he stays under this one plant in the corner of my tank all the time. The loach will come through when he is in spastic mode and just mow over him, he just swims right back to his little plant and watches the world go by.
     
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    deemed stress related.
     
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