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Tiger Barbs Changing Colour?, why have my tiger barbs changed colour
FisheyAsh
post Aug 31 2007, 06:13 AM
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i have 8 brother and sister barbs that i bred their parents have died and i am wanting to know why 4 out of the 8 tiger barbs have gone a funny black/grey colour. is it because they are breeding a few of them are real fat and they are not over feed unsure.gif unsure.gif unsure.gif unsure.gif
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post Aug 31 2007, 12:37 PM
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QUOTE(FisheyAsh @ Aug 31 2007, 07:13 AM) *
i have 8 brother and sister barbs that i bred their parents have died and i am wanting to know why 4 out of the 8 tiger barbs have gone a funny black/grey colour. is it because they are breeding a few of them are real fat and they are not over feed unsure.gif unsure.gif unsure.gif unsure.gif


i must admit i have seen this, and would like the answer too!
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post Aug 31 2007, 02:02 PM
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Can you get any pics of the tiger barbs?

Could be a disease/parasite, stress, diet, social thing etc etc...
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post Aug 31 2007, 03:29 PM
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When I kept Tigers, some of them regularly turned black - to the extent that their stripes almost disappeared. The red tips on the fins seemed more intense. I put this down to some form of display, as it only lasted for a short time before retuning to normal.
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post Sep 4 2007, 07:47 AM
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it turns out that they are rosy barbs and we bought the parents as tiger barbs
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post Sep 4 2007, 07:53 AM
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Well anyhow....
QUOTE(sylvia @ Dec 14 2005, 09:23 PM) *
You can sex them by looking at their colors as males have a brighter, deeper red on their snout and fin tips. The leucistic (the orange-ish ones) version is a little more difficult to sex because the difference in brightness is less obvious than in the wild-type or green barbs. Still, females are somewhat fatter-looking or more rounded over-all so that's a good indicator as well. If you look carefuly, when the natura-colored males are breeding or sparring, their normaly black stripes take on a mettalic green iridescence and the edges of scales on his upper body will turn very dark.

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post Sep 5 2007, 07:46 AM
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Maybe their really a different breed called Green Tiger Barb?
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post Sep 5 2007, 09:31 AM
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QUOTE(Luketendo @ Sep 5 2007, 08:46 AM) *
Maybe their really a different breed called Green Tiger Barb?



humm, do you think that fish looks black?sad2.gif well it is

its the Tyndall Effect that makes it look green. prehaps this effect is noticed in other barbs. the tiger and green barbs are, effevtivly, the same fish, just the colour is different. so perhaps all barbs are really balck. lol
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post Sep 5 2007, 10:13 AM
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QUOTE(boboboy @ Sep 5 2007, 10:31 AM) *
humm, do you think that fish looks black?sad2.gif well it is

its the Tyndall Effect that makes it look green. prehaps this effect is noticed in other barbs. the tiger and green barbs are, effevtivly, the same fish, just the colour is different. so perhaps all barbs are really balck. lol


Just like polar bears?
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post Sep 5 2007, 11:33 AM
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QUOTE(DevUK @ Sep 5 2007, 11:13 AM) *
QUOTE(boboboy @ Sep 5 2007, 10:31 AM) *
humm, do you think that fish looks black? sad2.gif well it is

its the Tyndall Effect that makes it look green. prehaps this effect is noticed in other barbs. the tiger and green barbs are, effevtivly, the same fish, just the colour is different. so perhaps all barbs are really balck. lol


Just like polar bears?


w00t.gif w00t.gif if you look at it in a negative way, lol, yeh.

more like, the sky is blue, well no. the blue you see is caused by the Tyndale effect, same with water. we all know that air and water, unless they are polluted,or treated, have no colour. though to our eyes they look shades of blue/green.
in common with these things the tiger barb,green, is actually mostly black. not the colour you see. the colour you see is simply the light that the fish reflects back. there are lots of good descriptions of this on the net.

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post Sep 6 2007, 08:34 AM
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QUOTE(Luketendo @ Sep 5 2007, 07:46 PM) *
Maybe their really a different breed called Green Tiger Barb?



i dont know they dont look green they still have very vivid stripes i will try and post some pictures when i can get my camera to download crazy.gif angry.gif crazy.gif angry.gif crazy.gif
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post Sep 10 2007, 06:19 AM
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barbs went almost pitch matt black today and i still can't get a photo they NEVER sit still
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post Sep 10 2007, 06:39 AM
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My green barbs did the same.

To get a photo place a mirror they seem to come towards that and pose. Mine did anyway.
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post Sep 10 2007, 10:50 AM
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here's a thought,
what causes a fish to loose or reduce the amount of mucus it secretes onto its body?
it is the lack of this film that makes the fish go black. reducing this film also puts the fish at risk of infection.

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post Sep 12 2007, 05:51 AM
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QUOTE(boboboy @ Sep 10 2007, 10:50 PM) *
here's a thought,
what causes a fish to loose or reduce the amount of mucus it secretes onto its body?
it is the lack of this film that makes the fish go black. reducing this film also puts the fish at risk of infection.


so is there a way to t put more film onto the fish so they dont get sick???
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post Sep 12 2007, 05:56 AM
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still cannot get a picture any disturbance to the tank and they don't stay black
even walking up to the tank and they change colour
they don't look sick
they look happier that they have before
this is confusing me unsure.gif unsure.gif unsure.gif
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post Sep 12 2007, 06:57 AM
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QUOTE(Luketendo @ Sep 5 2007, 05:46 PM) *
Maybe their really a different breed called Green Tiger Barb?



I have Tiger Barbs and Green Tiger Barbs (you can see them in my signature) mine don't change colour per say but as germ noted when the are ready to breed the male Tiger barbs black stripes get a green gleem to them and their noses go bright red along with the tips of their dorsal fins and if they are unhappy or stressed their colours will fade. My Green Tiger Barbs have never changd colour at all smile.gif
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