jag loss of color and stripes?

[Dial92]

ok so i moved my female jag across the room to a bigger tank and she has lost all of her stripes and color why would this be it has been a week.
before
after
the only thing different is she is now the biggest in the tank and she was the smallest in the other tank

 

[rwellbaum]

could it be that the larger tank has duller colors? and the smaller tank has brighter colors?

 

[1bigdovii]

Look like she has more natural colors now. She might have been that dark in the other tank from not being dominate. You would be suprised how much that can effect their colors. They also change colors when looking for a mate or are breeding.

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[Dial92]

Look like she has more natural colors now. She might have been that dark in the other tank from not being dominate. You would be suprised how much that can effect their colors. They also change colors when looking for a mate or are breeding.

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she does seem interested

 

[Breid22]

Jags always get dark when they feel threatened or get picked on and light up when there the boss or comfortable

 

[PDRed302]

Another possibility is that the substrate and background color differences between the 2 tanks is enough to make her color up differently.

Not sure if that is the case here but figured I'd throw it out there.

It's amazing what kind of a color difference a background and substrate can make on a fish.

 

[jag14]

Color of the background and gravel does make a difference. Darker colors make them look better.