Dark Color??

[beadgirl05]

One of my Red Turquoise seems to be a dark bluish/purple in color!? Hes eating and swimming and the water is being changed every day?? I have had them for 2 weeks--is this normal before thier color is normal?? HELP :?

[Hassles]

I am sure you will receive a more informed reply than this but........if your fish has darkened significantly I would suggest that it is stressed to some degree. Also, if your water changes drop the temperature too much the fish may experience shock due to this. I hope this helps.

[ILLUSN]

Does the color change hapen after a water change or all the time?
Are you doing water changes from the tap?
if so I'd be looking for temp shock, or ph shock.
if its either of these 2 then do smaller changes more often till you can get a containter to age and condition your water.

how long has the tank been running? what are your water paramenters (ph temp NH3/NH4 NO3,NO2) what else is in it (gravel bare bottom other fish)

Sorry we need some more info if we're going to be able to help you.

[beadgirl05]

:cry: One of my blue diamonds died through the night!! this sucks!!

[ILLUSN]

We need some more info on your tank if were going to be able to help you.
hows youur water quality?

[beadgirl05]

The temp is 84 the ph 7.0 no nitrites or nitrates--large gravel bottom and I'm doing water changes every other day my tank has been set up for a year :?:

[ILLUSN]

84f is about 28.9C, try upping the temp to 30-31C.
try to lower your ph, if you can get it down to 5, any bugs in your fish will have a much harder time proliferating. if you can do both your fish will have a much better chance of recovering.

are the fish eating, are they passing normal stools? do you notice any mucus comming off the dark cloored fish?