Auratus Color Change

Hi, I have an auratus and a socolofI in a 200L tank. theyv been there for 5 mounths and they are 2 years old. in the last few seeks the aurotus changed his color from yellow to almost white. I'm afriad that this change is due to some kind of problem or disease.. they fighting often but not harming eachother and the socolofI is the stronger one. bot of them are active and have good appettite.and both of them initiate battles. when the aurtos does it he changing is color so the lower part of his body turns black. what do you think is the reason for the discoloration? thank you

 

From your description of events it sounds like your Auratus is displaying his fighting colors. Many cichlids can change colors depending on mood. As long as he is eating & otherwise acting normally probably no worries.

 

no, I know of the figthing colors that's not the problem. I saw him changing to fighting colors a lot of times befor. the thing is that when he is not in figthing colors he is white insted of yellow. this is new , he was yellow..

 

here is the befor and after pics, you can clearly se that she lost a lot of color...do you have any sugestions what to di? its been 2 weeks since I separate beteen her and the scalofI that was bugging her and she still hasnt regain her color

 

The photo on the right appears to show a male taking on his adult coloration. It's not darker because there are no females to show them to.

The other possibility is that it is a female who has taken on some dominant male coloration because it wants to be tank boss.

 

are you sure? it dosent looks like any other male ive seen

 

The males are black with a blue stripe. They look like females til maturity.

 

yes, that's not how he looks at all. he dosent have any blue, she looks the same as female just instead of yellow there is white

 

yes, that's not how he looks at all. he dosent have any blue, she looks the same as female just instead of yellow there is white

Mine changed colors over time like a 2 week point til the full color.

Mine changed colors over time like a 2 week point til the full color.

Oh I see if it is the same color as it was I would def think it’s some kind of fungus or something. That’s nuts !