red-tailed black shark

[jmaster]

hi all

i was just wonderin if anyone has any ideas of y my red-tailed black shark is loosing his blackness and i going lighter coloured

first it was his body now its going onto his fins

anyone have any ideas?

thanx alot

 

[Fish Buddy]

Maybe the water quality is not right for him or he is getting older. How long is he and how are you looking after him?

 

[iggy01]

Could possibly be to do with diet. Do you feed him any veg at all? They can be partial to a bit of veg!

Does he have a good hiding place?

A healthy specimen is said to have a very dark body and a bright red tail.

 

[jmaster]

hi

he does get some veg that i feed to the plec

he has lots of cves to hide in

and his tail is a very bright red its just the body

he seems healthy and active

 

[mwm]

Did u change your gravel recently? I hae one of these guys to he lost his color a bit for about a week now its back I got new lighting though so..

 

[jmaster]

hi all

just thought i waould let u no that my RTBS is back to normal it was wen i fed him some glass worms his colour came back

anyway just thought i would let u no

 

[Vip]

I know its not a RTBS but when my Black Sharks went pale it was because of stress in the tank by another fish, do you anything in there that could be makeing it stressed?

 

[Fishy411]

My RTBS's tail turns white when i turn the lights off at night. BOy did i get a surprise when i turned the lights on at 11 PM. My Raohael was Entirely White except for his plates over his head. I shut them off real quick but i glimpsed my RTBS's white tail.

 

[Mr Miagi]

It has to do with stress. When i had to sell my RTBS because of aggression, he was jet black, i got him in a plastic bag and he went gray! I thought oh sh*t!! And put him back in the tank, and whithin the hour he was back to normal. (Releef)

Maybe a recent change in tank design, or a water change spooked him. Give him time and he will recover!

Goodluck!

 

[LoachLover]

Could be water quality