Help with my Kenyi please!

[canadian.fish]

For the past two days my 3-4 inch Kenyi has went from bright yellow to a washed out blue with dark blue vertical bars down his body he's more aggressive with the other fish and was just laying behind the heater. Water params are good
Trying to get a pic but he's always moving


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[canadian.fish]

im going to try to scoop him out and put him in my 10 gal tank and treat with melafix since thats all i have on hand.

 

[ecoli73]

what's the other fish in the tank...maybe he just lost his dominate position in the tank.

 

[DIDYSIS]

That is a normal color or kenyi leave him alone. Unless he starts acting differently allot then take action.

 

[DIDYSIS]

Don't treat That fish for nothing. Some kenyi are blue some yellow. They change color allot. I have been around these fish allot and breed them

 

[ecoli73]

yellow = male or sometimes dominate female.
blue = female or subordinate male.

 

[canadian.fish]

thanks guys il leave him be he must of just lost his rank becuase now i see the other kenyi is the brightest yellow ive ever seen.

 

[ecoli73]

How many kenyi's do you have and how big is your tank?

If it is less than 3-4 or in a smaller tank, you need to watch the aggression...otherwise it can and will be killed by the dominate male.

 

[canadian.fish]

It's a 160 gal tank 2 kenyis 2 blue dolphins one yellow lab, 2 red jewels and a floridar gar and peacock bass that are just growing out for a few months all fish are jn the 3-4 inch size


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[ecoli73]

With kenyis, you want 1 male: 3-5 females. 2 fish will result long term in the death of the weaker fish, either from direct aggression or stress induced illness. Also, Kenyi is significantly more aggressive than your other Africans, be sure to look out for aggression issues. Your tank's size is a plus...it will defuse some of the aggression.