Parrot Fish Losing Colour-recently Moved Tank

[lewismorris]

when i check the fish tank the parrot fish is occasionally on the bottom hardly moving and gone white,after a bit of food he livens up and returns to his normal colour after five or so minutes. however i have a spare tank in which i used to keep babies, they are big enough for the large tank so i swapped them over as the parrot fish can become aggressive. he has become discoloured, i gave him food about 2 hours ago and still no change could he just not like the new tank? am i doing something wrong as no other fish seems to be discoloured. i know that gold fish discolour in the same way if they do not have enough light could the same apply to my fishas in the old tank there was a light which would be turned on at the same time every day and this was when i noticed his original discolouring?

thank you fir helping

 

[kubora666]

if hes gone a pail white colour it could be amonia poisoning, do an imideiate water change of about 20-30%.
i lost a nice bloodparrot to ammonia poisoning last year,

 

[lewismorris]

thanks a lot i will try that he returned back to a bright orange colour last night but this morning was pale again, and again today he is slowly changing back to bright orange

 

[kubora666]

good luck, does his gills atall look inflamed ?
because when mine was dead it literaly suffocated in the amonia.
it was all pale with sticking out inflamed gills.
i lost VLAAD the choc in my sig the same way whilst in holland

 

[jasonskillz]

mines do that all the time
just give it some time and ill come back
keep your fish in the right conditions though

 

[Paintsn]

good luck, does his gills atall look inflamed ?
because when mine was dead it literaly suffocated in the amonia.
it was all pale with sticking out inflamed gills.
i lost VLAAD the choc in my sig the same way whilst in holland

yup mood swings..or changing tanks syndromes..heheh.. at times, they just need time to adjust to their surrounding.. good luck and keep us posted!!