Does anyone have any experience as to what it means when the EBJD turns really dark blue, almost black and also when it turns into a more turquoise blue? My one is very dark a lot of the time but doesn't seem stressed, eats well etc. However he is a lighter blue, like a purply turquoise in the mornings but gradually gets blacker as the day goes on, and also I noticed when I did a water change earlier he changed into a turquoise colour when I was pouring some cold water in. I think he looks better the turquoise colour. My temp is at 28ºC and has been since I got him. Do you think I should turn down the temp a bit or is the lighter colour when he is stressed? It is very confusing!
Electric Blue Jack Dempsey colour changing
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mine does that. he get really light when i come up to the tank and really dark when i am not to the tank. i think they r scared.
But when I am up at the tank he is begging me for food! He doesn't look scared to me! We were thinking though that he went lighter when I put some cold water in and he swam in it, maybe my temps are too high? But, when I first got him raising the temp made him perk up, eat and be more active.
not to be pessimistic, but in my experience, when my ebjd turned dark, it was soon followed by bloat and then death. hopefully this is not your experience.
But what I am saying is he isn't always dark! He is full of life, eats loads and isn't showing signs of disease. He has been like this for about 6 weeks.
did you ever treat him for parasites? really weird though that he keeps changing so often but i guess if he is still acting normal than maybe you just have a very moody ebjd
yeah I did at the beginning (ESHA Nematol) and the tank was recently treated for Hexamita (ESHA Hexamita) because a new geo I got looked like it had HITH