Thus My Eyes Deceive Me!

[Hiya70310]

Sometimes I look in my aquarium my Ruby shark looks black or dark gray but then I'll look later and she'll look silver...is it just the lights or is she changing colors or is it like a beta who get brighter depending on their temperment.
Help pretty please.

 

[lily-rae]

Sometimes I look in my aquarium my Ruby shark looks black or dark gray but then I'll look later and she'll look silver...is it just the lights or is she changing colors or is it like a beta who get brighter depending on their temperment.
Help pretty please.

HI well mine dose the same and iv no idea whats going on. but iv seen fish change colour when they are a little stressed and mine is sometimes as the other fish get on his/her nerves

 

[Hiya70310]

Sometimes I look in my aquarium my Ruby shark looks black or dark gray but then I'll look later and she'll look silver...is it just the lights or is she changing colors or is it like a beta who get brighter depending on their temperment.
Help pretty please.

HI well mine dose the same and iv no idea whats going on. but iv seen fish change colour when they are a little stressed and mine is sometimes as the other fish get on his/her nerves

So true mine is awfully bossy about the bottom of the tank. I had a male before her who didn't care about any one else I miss him

 

[rewlyn]

hi and welcome to TFF, colour change is usually due to aggression or stress so unless it getting picked on yo shouldnt stress to much

i have a red tail black shark with my cichlids the only time he changes is whem hes agro or stressed

Andrew

 

[lily-rae]

hi and welcome to TFF, colour change is usually due to aggression or stress so unless it getting picked on yo shouldnt stress to much

i have a red tail black shark with my cichlids the only time he changes is whem hes agro or stressed

Andrew

Mine is with cichlids too. he boses them around a little and loves his/her own space. how can you tell if male or female. from faye in the uk.

Sometimes I look in my aquarium my Ruby shark looks black or dark gray but then I'll look later and she'll look silver...is it just the lights or is she changing colors or is it like a beta who get brighter depending on their temperment.
Help pretty please.

HI well mine dose the same and iv no idea whats going on. but iv seen fish change colour when they are a little stressed and mine is sometimes as the other fish get on his/her nerves

So true mine is awfully bossy about the bottom of the tank. I had a male before her who didn't care about any one else I miss him

so what happened to the male then.

 

[Hiya70310]

hi and welcome to TFF, colour change is usually due to aggression or stress so unless it getting picked on yo shouldnt stress to much

i have a red tail black shark with my cichlids the only time he changes is whem hes agro or stressed

Andrew

Mine is with cichlids too. he boses them around a little and loves his/her own space. how can you tell if male or female. from faye in the uk.

I read that females are plumber than males and males anal fin has a little black on it. At least I think it is the the anal fin. I have mine with 4 ghost shrimp 3 fish i'm not exactly sure what they are ( Phantom tetras I was told but they don't look like any picture I've seen so far ) and 3 snails. She doesn't like anyone in my tank.

Dany

 

[lily-rae]

hi and welcome to TFF, colour change is usually due to aggression or stress so unless it getting picked on yo shouldnt stress to much

i have a red tail black shark with my cichlids the only time he changes is whem hes agro or stressed

Andrew

Mine is with cichlids too. he boses them around a little and loves his/her own space. how can you tell if male or female. from faye in the uk.

I read that females are plumber than males and males anal fin has a little black on it. At least I think it is the the anal fin. I have mine with 4 ghost shrimp 3 fish i'm not exactly sure what they are ( Phantom tetras I was told but they don't look like any picture I've seen so far ) and 3 snails. She doesn't like anyone in my tank.

Dany

well hi dany. mine is with alot of big american cichlids and large clown loach and large silver sharks. my red tail shark is so fat it can just about swim so i think female then..i think she has chased them all at some point

 

[Hiya70310]

hi and welcome to TFF, colour change is usually due to aggression or stress so unless it getting picked on yo shouldnt stress to much

i have a red tail black shark with my cichlids the only time he changes is whem hes agro or stressed

Andrew

Mine is with cichlids too. he boses them around a little and loves his/her own space. how can you tell if male or female. from faye in the uk.

Sometimes I look in my aquarium my Ruby shark looks black or dark gray but then I'll look later and she'll look silver...is it just the lights or is she changing colors or is it like a beta who get brighter depending on their temperment.
Help pretty please.

HI well mine dose the same and iv no idea whats going on. but iv seen fish change colour when they are a little stressed and mine is sometimes as the other fish get on his/her nerves

So true mine is awfully bossy about the bottom of the tank. I had a male before her who didn't care about any one else I miss him

so what happened to the male then.

Oh that is an awful story and entirely my fault. I got the male cause I wanted tank mates for my tiger barbs. So I went looking for a red tailed shark. I went to the pet box here and because everything is written in kanji I have to ID fish by what they look like. Brought the fish looked at some pictures and realized I didn't have a red tailed shark. So I thought I had a red finned botia loach and so I went back to the pet box and brought more...well I notice that one supposed loach wouldn't let the others come to the bottom of the tank. I looked at some more articles and realized I had 3 red finned shark when I should only have one. I only have one tank. Bought time I found someone to take one of them they both were dead. The female was just more aggressive then the two, from what i noticed, mild tempered males.

 

[Hiya70310]

hi and welcome to TFF, colour change is usually due to aggression or stress so unless it getting picked on yo shouldnt stress to much

i have a red tail black shark with my cichlids the only time he changes is whem hes agro or stressed

Andrew

Mine is with cichlids too. he boses them around a little and loves his/her own space. how can you tell if male or female. from faye in the uk.

I read that females are plumber than males and males anal fin has a little black on it. At least I think it is the the anal fin. I have mine with 4 ghost shrimp 3 fish i'm not exactly sure what they are ( Phantom tetras I was told but they don't look like any picture I've seen so far ) and 3 snails. She doesn't like anyone in my tank.

Dany

well hi dany. mine is with alot of big american cichlids and large clown loach and large silver sharks. my red tail shark is so fat it can just about swim so i think female then..i think she has chased them all at some point

Ya she chases everything I wonder if she is stressing everyone else out though. I read they don't bite but just butt the other fish. I guess that isn't too bad. Anyway the unknown fish are holding up a lot better then my barbs...

 

[lily-rae]

hi and welcome to TFF, colour change is usually due to aggression or stress so unless it getting picked on yo shouldnt stress to much

i have a red tail black shark with my cichlids the only time he changes is whem hes agro or stressed

Andrew

Mine is with cichlids too. he boses them around a little and loves his/her own space. how can you tell if male or female. from faye in the uk.

I read that females are plumber than males and males anal fin has a little black on it. At least I think it is the the anal fin. I have mine with 4 ghost shrimp 3 fish i'm not exactly sure what they are ( Phantom tetras I was told but they don't look like any picture I've seen so far ) and 3 snails. She doesn't like anyone in my tank.

Dany

well hi dany. mine is with alot of big american cichlids and large clown loach and large silver sharks. my red tail shark is so fat it can just about swim so i think female then..i think she has chased them all at some point

Ya she chases everything I wonder if she is stressing everyone else out though. I read they don't bite but just butt the other fish. I guess that isn't too bad. Anyway the unknown fish are holding up a lot better then my barbs...

can you describe your unknown fish. thought you had gone then i was just going to turn off and jump into bed

 

[lily-rae]

hi and welcome to TFF, colour change is usually due to aggression or stress so unless it getting picked on yo shouldnt stress to much

i have a red tail black shark with my cichlids the only time he changes is whem hes agro or stressed

Andrew

Mine is with cichlids too. he boses them around a little and loves his/her own space. how can you tell if male or female. from faye in the uk.

Sometimes I look in my aquarium my Ruby shark looks black or dark gray but then I'll look later and she'll look silver...is it just the lights or is she changing colors or is it like a beta who get brighter depending on their temperment.
Help pretty please.

HI well mine dose the same and iv no idea whats going on. but iv seen fish change colour when they are a little stressed and mine is sometimes as the other fish get on his/her nerves

So true mine is awfully bossy about the bottom of the tank. I had a male before her who didn't care about any one else I miss him

so what happened to the male then.

Oh that is an awful story and entirely my fault. I got the male cause I wanted tank mates for my tiger barbs. So I went looking for a red tailed shark. I went to the pet box here and because everything is written in kanji I have to ID fish by what they look like. Brought the fish looked at some pictures and realized I didn't have a red tailed shark. So I thought I had a red finned botia loach and so I went back to the pet box and brought more...well I notice that one supposed loach wouldn't let the others come to the bottom of the tank. I looked at some more articles and realized I had 3 red finned shark when I should only have one. I only have one tank. Bought time I found someone to take one of them they both were dead. The female was just more aggressive then the two, from what i noticed, mild tempered males.

oh what a mix up...iv made some terrible mistakes. i read and researdh and sometimes it dose not work out. i got two new fish the other week and they seemed fine for three days then they were floating with no heads. i was well not impressed

 

[Hiya70310]

hi and welcome to TFF, colour change is usually due to aggression or stress so unless it getting picked on yo shouldnt stress to much

i have a red tail black shark with my cichlids the only time he changes is whem hes agro or stressed

Andrew

Mine is with cichlids too. he boses them around a little and loves his/her own space. how can you tell if male or female. from faye in the uk.

I read that females are plumber than males and males anal fin has a little black on it. At least I think it is the the anal fin. I have mine with 4 ghost shrimp 3 fish i'm not exactly sure what they are ( Phantom tetras I was told but they don't look like any picture I've seen so far ) and 3 snails. She doesn't like anyone in my tank.

Dany

well hi dany. mine is with alot of big american cichlids and large clown loach and large silver sharks. my red tail shark is so fat it can just about swim so i think female then..i think she has chased them all at some point

Ya she chases everything I wonder if she is stressing everyone else out though. I read they don't bite but just butt the other fish. I guess that isn't too bad. Anyway the unknown fish are holding up a lot better then my barbs...

can you describe your unknown fish. thought you had gone then i was just going to turn off and jump into bed

umm....there is a picture of them on my profile but they are clear and there fins remind me of tetras. they have red coloration on there fins

 

[rewlyn]

hi and welcome to TFF, colour change is usually due to aggression or stress so unless it getting picked on yo shouldnt stress to much

i have a red tail black shark with my cichlids the only time he changes is whem hes agro or stressed

Andrew

Mine is with cichlids too. he boses them around a little and loves his/her own space. how can you tell if male or female. from faye in the uk.

Sometimes I look in my aquarium my Ruby shark looks black or dark gray but then I'll look later and she'll look silver...is it just the lights or is she changing colors or is it like a beta who get brighter depending on their temperment.
Help pretty please.

HI well mine dose the same and iv no idea whats going on. but iv seen fish change colour when they are a little stressed and mine is sometimes as the other fish get on his/her nerves

So true mine is awfully bossy about the bottom of the tank. I had a male before her who didn't care about any one else I miss him

so what happened to the male then.

no i cant tell im not that far into it yet im still trying to make it through my fish-in cycle

 

[Hiya70310]

hi and welcome to TFF, colour change is usually due to aggression or stress so unless it getting picked on yo shouldnt stress to much

i have a red tail black shark with my cichlids the only time he changes is whem hes agro or stressed

Andrew

Mine is with cichlids too. he boses them around a little and loves his/her own space. how can you tell if male or female. from faye in the uk.

Sometimes I look in my aquarium my Ruby shark looks black or dark gray but then I'll look later and she'll look silver...is it just the lights or is she changing colors or is it like a beta who get brighter depending on their temperment.
Help pretty please.

HI well mine dose the same and iv no idea whats going on. but iv seen fish change colour when they are a little stressed and mine is sometimes as the other fish get on his/her nerves

So true mine is awfully bossy about the bottom of the tank. I had a male before her who didn't care about any one else I miss him

so what happened to the male then.

no i cant tell im not that far into it yet im still trying to make it through my fish-in cycle

Ya aparently I but my fish in too early. I waited 2 weeks and then but some tiger barbs then my 3 snails 3 unknown fish then all those ruby sharks and then some shrimp. The tiger barbs didn't survive my mistake sadly and one shrimp died mysteriously but everyone else is hanging tough. So i'm doing a fish in cycle. I do a 20% water change a week and I don't even own a test kit yet. Hubby who is the bread winner right now didn't for see that fish would need so much and I would want so much when he got me this tank for my birthday

 

[lily-rae]

hi and welcome to TFF, colour change is usually due to aggression or stress so unless it getting picked on yo shouldnt stress to much

i have a red tail black shark with my cichlids the only time he changes is whem hes agro or stressed

Andrew

Mine is with cichlids too. he boses them around a little and loves his/her own space. how can you tell if male or female. from faye in the uk.

Sometimes I look in my aquarium my Ruby shark looks black or dark gray but then I'll look later and she'll look silver...is it just the lights or is she changing colors or is it like a beta who get brighter depending on their temperment.
Help pretty please.

HI well mine dose the same and iv no idea whats going on. but iv seen fish change colour when they are a little stressed and mine is sometimes as the other fish get on his/her nerves

So true mine is awfully bossy about the bottom of the tank. I had a male before her who didn't care about any one else I miss him

so what happened to the male then.

no i cant tell im not that far into it yet im still trying to make it through my fish-in cycle

Ya aparently I but my fish in too early. I waited 2 weeks and then but some tiger barbs then my 3 snails 3 unknown fish then all those ruby sharks and then some shrimp. The tiger barbs didn't survive my mistake sadly and one shrimp died mysteriously but everyone else is hanging tough. So i'm doing a fish in cycle. I do a 20% water change a week and I don't even own a test kit yet. Hubby who is the bread winner right now didn't for see that fish would need so much and I would want so much when he got me this tank for my birthday

my partner got our 5ft cleair tank for my birthday last september its really demanding at first but once your used to it it becomes easy..we have test kits and were doing it all properly but where we were both so tired him working 16hr shifts and our always sick baby plus ywo other children we ended up not testing as much and if we saw sick fish just fixed it like made it better. we put our fish in to early in our first ever tank and THEY ALL DIED