We have a pond in the back garden, got about 15 gold fish in it, but we noticed last week one of them gold fish that WAS bright gold, is now a grey colour.....can't see any fungus on it, and it doesn't look ill, but still it's a bit worrying.....can anyone shed any light?

 

Goldfish often change colour, nothing to worry about in my opinion.

 

"does anyone know about Pond Fish?"

well it was caught from Combwich ponds... 22lb mirror carp

 

Most freshwater fish will vary in colour, which is caused by several things like water condition (PH level, oxygen/bacteria levels), or environment if captive (too many fish in too small an ecosystem) which can lead to diseases like whitespot etc.

Keep an eye on the others and if need be put the fish into a nursery tank and see how it gets on.

HTH.

 

TonyTurbo does Kim, he has a lake complete with nessy and blu whales

No really he does

 

Dragon - yit doesn't look like white spot or anything, and it doesn't even look ill, just a bit strange, checked the water and its fine........but none of the others have done this we've had them 3 years or so if not longer


pmsl I don't even know tonyturbo

 

I got a big orange fish.....

Havent seen that change colour yet.....

Orange it was, orange it remains.

 

...was that in ya paddlin pool Dan????

 

pmsl

 

ME, THE BIG ORANGE FISH AND THE PADDLING POOL.........


LOL.LOL.LOL.LOL

 

Anyone know of a website then where someone will know, they cost too much to let em all die...

No honestly, there my dads pride an joy he'd be gutted if they die

 

I guess the fish just wanted to be different and did a Michael Jackson

 

Someone on here may be able to help:

http://www.fishkeepingbanter.com/q-f_12_p_5.html

 

pmsl....very original

 

This one's good too!

http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/disease.html

 

Thanks very much hun, will have a look later......its proper strange


Aw well.....thanks you guys

 

Thanks hun - I been on one before asking for help - and no bugger answered me I'll have a look after work, gotta go back to slaving away now!!!

Thanks mate appreciate your help

 

No problem!

Hope they're okay, I think they'll be fine personally.

Where's www.passiongoldfish.com when you need it!!!

 

So do I!!

Although they've survied without a lot of water before now pmsl....some fooker took the pipe off the pump, so it emptied the whole pond near enough, but they survived pmsl.......


Thanks again

 

It might just be feeling a little off colour LOL

 

You need to get out more

He's the no-body in the resto room with the 35 page thread

 

FPMSL


Kim - It's Tony Turbo thank you, not tonyturbo... accept no substitutes


Oh, and fish.... I know fack all, but seems like you have enough help already lol, thanks Paul

 

 

That Scooter off corrie street knows a lot about fish

 

Cool to have more carp fishers on here

 

Very witty Dragon - weren't expecting that one


I don't go in the resto room Thanks Tony pmsl........sorry Tony Turbo still aint a fooking clue who you are though

 

M7 COS - Thanks for the links - perfect hun


Found a sort of explanation

My fish are changing colour
A fairly common situation arises when fish literally change colour, either all over or just parts of the body. The most common situation is when previously coloured fish turn white. Fish skin colouring is a complex subject. Fish skin contains different types of pigment cells or chromatophores, which are under the control of the hormonal and nervous systems.

Fish which are diseased often change colour, but this is usually a fading/darkening/dulling of the skin rather than an actual colour change. There are a few conditions in which there is a colour change but these are rare.

The most common causes are either nutritional deficiencies, so one could try a change of diet, water chemistry such as pH or hardness, or simply genetics.

In virtually all cases the fish appear perfectly healthy apart from the colour change and eat and swim normally. So apart from perhaps changing the diet and checking water parameters there is nothing that can be done to reverse the colour change.

As a thought, it might be a little upsetting if your goldfish becomes a whitefish, but pity the koi owner who has paid several hundred pounds (or dollars) because of the fish's perfect colours / pattern, simply to watch the colour and patterns disappear!!!!

 

They are probably fine hun, Our one eyed goldfish lived in a pond full of silt for 5 years....
We couldn't see what colour he was through all the muck

 

probably stress kim, is it getting bullied?
my discus used to do it all the time

 

doesn't seem to be no

 

Hi

My mums fish which is a tank with others, was bright orange, is now silver, we asked an expert and they said its because the tank is not in sunlight, they need sunlight to a degree to keep their colour, (lack of sun light), well it was in her conservatory and now in the dining room where theres no direct sun light, only the tank light, so maybe it could be to do with that.

As long as the fish is well theres nothing you can do and apparently they dont turn back either, so will prob saty that new colour.


Lisa

 

Thanks Lisa, they are in a corner of the garden that do get a lot of sunlight, so not sure it is that tbh, but it could be....


Will see how things go...thanks