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What's wrong w/ our bro?

Becca on Health - Sun, July 06 2008

Mom's kinda worried about our brother Hitler. He is, or should we say was a tri-color goldfish (black/gold/white). Now he is all white except for an orange spot just behind his head on his back. We are all "feeling" fine, and have no health problems. Our home is the right size, is cleaned like it is suppose to be, and we are fed according to goldfish standards (twice a day/12 hrs apart). Dad thought maybe he was chlorine sensitive, but they treat our water like they are suppose to, and we are not showing any signs of the water being "weird".
Does anyone know is something is wrong with our brother, or are mom & dad worried about nothing???

***UPDATE***
Our boys are fine...we asked at the pet store and were told that some goldfish change color as they get older...even though they are all the same age/size, and that they never change back. Hitler is now ALL white, Roosevelt & Churchill haven't changed at all.

Kirby on Jul 06 at 09:07 PM

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How old is your goldfish? We had one for 5 years and her color faded as she got older. Kind of like people's hair graying.

Poseidon on Jul 06 at 09:17 PM

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Age does affect color, and color can change as a fish gets older, just like my Mom's hair. :) P

Susan on Jul 07 at 06:41 AM

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I brought some shubunkin in from the pond one year and they lost their color with the change in lighting. It was a quick change from black to silver.

Connie on Jul 07 at 08:30 AM

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I bought a goldfish because it was orange with a beautiful black mask and named it Phantom. A year later it is all orange. The baby koi my friend has started out black and are now turning gold.

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