mastercave

so I finally got my highly sought-after wild true perc and it's in QT now. i came into the room to check on it and to my horror, the orange color has faded to a very pale white-orange and it's fins are almost clear. after a while with the lights on, the color seems to have returned. what was going on with it?

Oil_Fan

No idea mastercave. My clownfish colours always look the same. Then again I have ocelleris clowns, not percs. I'm sure someone who does will stop on by.

Martinismommy

I have 2 perc clowns "Lanny" and "Lola" and the lights have never changed their color.....I keep the lights on the tank on all day and turn the moonlights on at night.....In the morning (and I'm up early) they are always a bright orange......

Is your tank newly set up?

mastercave

it's a QT using water and filter media from my cycled main tank. tonight's the 2nd night so i'll check again when i turn the lights off. i'm sure it was sleeping when it changed colors.

Butterfly

In your first post you stated that it was wild caught. I understand wild caught are more sensitive than tank bred fish, could this be the problem? Maybe it's just not acclimated to it's new home yet.
Carol

agsansoo

Any pictures ? Clowns will lighten up a little when stressed.

ssapres03

my clownfish has changed to a light color too and yesterday it was acting weird, just swimmin in one particular spot i had a bad feeling about it. today i came home from work and couldn't find it, it was behind the a rock so i had to dig for it. i think it might be dying is there something i could do to try to get better?

Tumbleweed

Do you have a quarentine tank? If so you should move him into it. All you can do is give him clean water and plenty of food. Does he show any signs of disease? white spots, fur, open sores?

ssapres03

i already move him, but he died as soon as put him in the tank i was watching him gave him a lil bit of food and then he died! i am so sad. no he didn't have open sores, no white spots his color was just light.

Tumbleweed

Do you know what your water conditions are?

ssapres03

1.021

ssapres03

temperature is 80

Tumbleweed

What about amonia, nitrite, nitrate?

ssapres03

also good. maybe it was the move. my friend gave me the tank with the fish but had begun to neglect them ,when i took over they hadn't been fed for like a week

jguitarm15

well when I got my clown fish he did the same just give him a few days and while he gets used to his new home!!