Losing Their Gold

[GARY]

I have a 20 Gallon tank with five goldfish in it...I have had these fish
for Two years now...Two of the fish are starting to lose their Gold
Color,,,And they are starting to turn White...What is
Happening....Please help me.....thanks
Gary.............................*

[Bill Stock]

""""GARY""" "" > wrote in message
...
> I have a 20 Gallon tank with five goldfish in it...I have had these fish
> for Two years now...Two of the fish are starting to lose their Gold
> Color,,,And they are starting to turn White...What is
> Happening....Please help me.....thanks
> Gary.............................*
>

Some say it's nature, other say it's your water. Same thing happened to one
of mine. It's pure white now and still doing fine a year later. I've also
got two young ones who never turned "gold", except one has orange eye brows
and lips. (Must be a female. :) )

[Charles]

On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 21:19:44 -0800, ("""GARY""" ")
wrote:

>I have a 20 Gallon tank with five goldfish in it...I have had these fish
>for Two years now...Two of the fish are starting to lose their Gold
>Color,,,And they are starting to turn White...What is
>Happening....Please help me.....thanks
>Gary.............................*


They do that, sometimes.

the decolor process is to lose the black and become gold, then lose
the gold and become white. Not all fish complete, or even start the
process, the genetics are complicated. They will be fine, just white.


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- Charles
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-does not play well with others

[Gunther]

In article >,
says...
> the decolor process is to lose the black and become gold, then lose
> the gold and become white. Not all fish complete, or even start the
> process, the genetics are complicated. They will be fine, just white.


My oldest goldfish, Gracie, started as a fairly well-decorated
calico, but gradually turned all gold. Then about a year ago,
she started getting back some white patches.
But lately, in the past couple of months, she's started to redevelop
some black markings here and there. Still nothing like she was
as a youngster, but it's nice to see some color returning.

I have no proof of cause/effect, but one thing did coincide:
I stopped feeding Spectrum GF food, and switched to 100% ProGold
diet. Spectrum contains "color enhancers" which I've always
suspected are just beta carotene. (That's the stuff that makes
carrots orange, and if you eat too many carrots, you turn
orange yourself.)

NB: I get no money from ProGold or Goldfish Connection.
Or anyplace else, for that matter.


Gunther

[Geezer From The Freezer]

wrote:
>
> I have a 20 Gallon tank with five goldfish in it...I have had these fish
> for Two years now...Two of the fish are starting to lose their Gold
> Color,,,And they are starting to turn White...What is
> Happening....Please help me.....thanks
> Gary.............................*

Thats perfectly normal.

You do realise though your stocking levels are off!