Could this potentially be the start of a fade?

[Krismo962]

I've only kept one fader,I thought it was dying when I first noticed it lol.The fading stated with pink spots and his/her(I didn't vent it but it didn't develop a kok so it might have been a female) blues peeling.That just looks like a bruise to me ,the last one I had used to pick fights with the powerhead and bump his hump on the intake all the time.They heal up fast.

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[Magnus_Bane]

What exactly is fade? I really don’t know but own a young flowerhorn of my how about 1.5” now and color and markings are coming in amazingly the fish I bought for 7$ most definitely should have been a lot more money. Has 3 maybe 4
Pearls on him too and they’re all surrounded by the same color blue as your fh. Hope the bruise or whatever it is heals up soon. Also just a random 3AM thought... do you think you could eat the kok of a flowerhorn.

Here ya go, this is a couple of pics of my ZZ Red Dragons. The male was the father and he had no fader gene while the pink one is his daughter who does have the fader gene. As you can see, there is a major difference between the 2 when it comes down to looks.

 

[Bbuckley]

Generally it can take anywhere for 1 day to a couple of weeks depending on how badly it was bruised. As for the color of it that's probably just because ya didn't see it when it was still fresh, a fresh bruise will be more red to pink in color while after an hour or so it'll turn a dark purple to almost black in color. It's just the blood under the skin that died so it loses its red color over time since it's getting no more oxygen.

Granted if the color persists after a couple of weeks then it may just be that something is going on with the skin pigmentation. Regardless of the spot tho he is a very nice looking FH.

Ah yeah that make sence thank you, his marks still there doesn't seem to be spreading but it's not fading either lol.

Thank you very much I do love him?