Advice please Parrot fish turning Black???

Hi , i've had a few problems with my parrot fish over the past 10 days or so
, he seems to be back to his normal energy levels , he has suffered from a
fungus growth , which i have medicated for and it seems to be
improving..........But now he seems to be going Black ? , his natural colour
is orange , the last time one of my parrots went that colour they where
about to lay eggs , but this parrot i'm almost certain is a male ? What is
the black colouring he is getting likely to be ? i had noticed a small
amount of black on him around 3 weeks ago , but it appears to be spreading.

I've been quite lucky with my fish over the past 4 years , but this poor
fellow seems to be making up for past good fortune , he's around 2 years old
and i 've had since he was around 2 months old....

The black marking seems to be a mystery to me as there not a fungus i
presume , its his skin that has changed colour.

"Just Wondering" wrote in message
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Hi , i've had a few problems with my parrot fish over the past 10 days or
so , he seems to be back to his normal energy levels , he has suffered
from a fungus growth , which i have medicated for and it seems to be
improving..........But now he seems to be going Black ? , his natural
colour is orange , the last time one of my parrots went that colour they
where about to lay eggs , but this parrot i'm almost certain is a male ?
What is the black colouring he is getting likely to be ? i had noticed a
small amount of black on him around 3 weeks ago , but it appears to be
spreading.

I've been quite lucky with my fish over the past 4 years , but this poor
fellow seems to be making up for past good fortune , he's around 2 years
old and i 've had since he was around 2 months old....

The black marking seems to be a mystery to me as there not a fungus i
presume , its his skin that has changed colour.


It's a normal response for BP's that are stressed from illness, poor water
quality, moving, etc. Some never have it, some have patches for their whole
life - it's just another Parrot oddity. It used to be called 'black spot
disease' but it's not really a disease at all, just a reaction.

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On 1 Mar 2006 17:44:14 -0800, "koi-lo"
wrote:

Just Wondering wrote:
Hi , i've had a few problems with my parrot fish over the past 10 days or so
, he seems to be back to his normal energy levels , he has suffered from a
fungus growth , which i have medicated for and it seems to be
improving..........But now he seems to be going Black ? , his natural colour
is orange , the last time one of my parrots went that

time to flush it down the toilet.

I hope that when people write "flush it down the toilet", they are
just joking, and I hope that newbies to the sport of aquariums
understand that flushing is not a good way to get rid of a dying fish.
-- Mr Gardener

Just Wondering wrote,
But now he seems to be going Black ? , his natural colour
is orange , the last time one of my parrots went that colour they where
about to lay eggs , but this parrot i'm almost certain is a male ? What is
the black colouring he is getting likely to be ?

If it isn't it's breeding color, then the darkening is a symptom of
illness - bacteria infection, due to poor water quality... A loss of
neurological control will/can also make body color darken, which could
be due to brain or eye flukes, inwhich a two day treatment with
Fluke-Tabs would help...................... Frank