Tiger Barbs Changing Colour?

[FisheyAsh]

i have 8 brother and sister barbs that i bred their parents have died and i am wanting to know why 4 out of the 8 tiger barbs have gone a funny black/grey colour. is it because they are breeding a few of them are real fat and they are not over feed

 

[raptorrex]

i have 8 brother and sister barbs that i bred their parents have died and i am wanting to know why 4 out of the 8 tiger barbs have gone a funny black/grey colour. is it because they are breeding a few of them are real fat and they are not over feed

i must admit i have seen this, and would like the answer too!

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Can you get any pics of the tiger barbs?

Could be a disease/parasite, stress, diet, social thing etc etc...

 

[Rob.S]

When I kept Tigers, some of them regularly turned black - to the extent that their stripes almost disappeared. The red tips on the fins seemed more intense. I put this down to some form of display, as it only lasted for a short time before retuning to normal.

 

[FisheyAsh]

it turns out that they are rosy barbs and we bought the parents as tiger barbs

 

[-germ-]

Well anyhow....

You can sex them by looking at their colors as males have a brighter, deeper red on their snout and fin tips. The leucistic (the orange-ish ones) version is a little more difficult to sex because the difference in brightness is less obvious than in the wild-type or green barbs. Still, females are somewhat fatter-looking or more rounded over-all so that's a good indicator as well. If you look carefuly, when the natura-colored males are breeding or sparring, their normaly black stripes take on a mettalic green iridescence and the edges of scales on his upper body will turn very dark.

Sylvia

 

[Luketendo]

Maybe their really a different breed called Green Tiger Barb?

 

[raptorrex]

Maybe their really a different breed called Green Tiger Barb?

humm, do you think that fish looks black? well it is

its the Tyndall Effect that makes it look green. prehaps this effect is noticed in other barbs. the tiger and green barbs are, effevtivly, the same fish, just the colour is different. so perhaps all barbs are really balck. lol

 

[DevUK]

humm, do you think that fish looks black? well it is

its the Tyndall Effect that makes it look green. prehaps this effect is noticed in other barbs. the tiger and green barbs are, effevtivly, the same fish, just the colour is different. so perhaps all barbs are really balck. lol

Just like polar bears?

 

[raptorrex]

humm, do you think that fish looks black? well it is

its the Tyndall Effect that makes it look green. prehaps this effect is noticed in other barbs. the tiger and green barbs are, effevtivly, the same fish, just the colour is different. so perhaps all barbs are really balck. lol

Just like polar bears?

if you look at it in a negative way, lol, yeh.

more like, the sky is blue, well no. the blue you see is caused by the Tyndale effect, same with water. we all know that air and water, unless they are polluted,or treated, have no colour. though to our eyes they look shades of blue/green.
in common with these things the tiger barb,green, is actually mostly black. not the colour you see. the colour you see is simply the light that the fish reflects back. there are lots of good descriptions of this on the net.

 

[FisheyAsh]

Maybe their really a different breed called Green Tiger Barb?

i dont know they dont look green they still have very vivid stripes i will try and post some pictures when i can get my camera to download

 

[FisheyAsh]

barbs went almost pitch matt black today and i still can't get a photo they NEVER sit still

 

[tetraqueen]

My green barbs did the same.

To get a photo place a mirror they seem to come towards that and pose. Mine did anyway.

 

[raptorrex]

here's a thought,
what causes a fish to loose or reduce the amount of mucus it secretes onto its body?
it is the lack of this film that makes the fish go black. reducing this film also puts the fish at risk of infection.

 

[FisheyAsh]

here's a thought,
what causes a fish to loose or reduce the amount of mucus it secretes onto its body?
it is the lack of this film that makes the fish go black. reducing this film also puts the fish at risk of infection.

so is there a way to t put more film onto the fish so they dont get sick???