frogster221

one of my neon tetras tail turned white at first i though it was from one of my other neons but when it lost some of its color and turned slightly grayer i got worried and moved it to the hosital tank. it eats just fine and is very active. it stays with the school it just looks sick any ideas on what might be wrong?

sirdarksol

Many fish lose their color when stressed. Any other symptoms, or is it just the color loss?

frogster221

color loss the tail muscels seem to have shrunkin he is also a little less active tired looking

sirdarksol

I'm sorry. I really don't know. Hopefully someone else will come on with some info.

Do you have a digital camera that can take decent macro pics? If so, you could post one, that might give people a better idea of what's going on.

frogster221

here are some pics they suck i know but its the only camera i have sorry hope this helps though

sirdarksol

They show the color, which isn't quite as bad as I was picturing.

Where did you get the tetras from? I almost wonder if it's just old. Not positive, just a theory.

frogster221

its smaller than some of my other tetras and i got it from petsmart

sirdarksol

It might just be a generic illness (we worry a lot about the ones that are easy to diagnose, but I'm sure fish have as wide of a range of infections as people do) that it's trying to get over.
Vitachem (vitamin supplements) and high quality food (Omega One, if you can get your hands on it) would be good ways to help it recover, if such a thing is possible.

frogster221

ok thanks for the help