mango color change?

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Joey47

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my mango pleco has changed to almost an albino color. is he sick or stressed? i have him in a 60 gal with 10 small indos and 4 clown loaches and the other fish seem to be ok.

does anyone have an idea what can be happening?
 
Joey47;3792761; said:
my mango pleco has changed to almost an albino color. is he sick or stressed? i have him in a 60 gal with 10 small indos and 4 clown loaches and the other fish seem to be ok.

does anyone have an idea what can be happening?
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Got any picture of him??

Are u saying the top portion of the fins where iis semi yellow/white.. or its it turning pale green???
 
cam phone pic. u can see his fins are still green and have the yellow on the edges but his body is going albino.

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Joey47;3792796; said:
cam phone pic. u can see his fins are still green and have the yellow on the edges but his body is going albino.
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wow.. interesting..

I've never seen anything like that... If he's not developing disease.... i would say either he's color morph..

OR he's blending in the environment... ur tank is bare bottom..... maybe its stress..?:confused:

This is the first time i've seen a mango do that.. And i have a mango of my own.. with a thin layer of gravel in my tank...

Would be interesting to see if it stays the same color with a tank that isn't barebottom...
 
Ive seen and heard a few cases like this, the fish sometimes regain their original colour. The ones Ive heard of are usually fine afterwards, I havent heard a good explanation yet.
 
I have a goldfish that changed liked this(looks about the same color)...it was last summer, he's still alive and active.

Don't know if it's a death signal or just a change.
 
Well hopefully he doesn't die. He is still active and eats. Maybe it's just a stage he's going through. I will be sure to keep an on him and keep u guys updated
 
hope he makes it through! havent you given him anywhere to hide? like a cave or something
 
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