Changing Color

[Howie]

So I got a really nice albino DB (orangey red) from Petsmart on special and dropped him in my 75 with a bunch of frontosas and a variety of haps and he maintained his color for a week or so until he suddenly turned white. I netted him out last night and put him in another tank with a trio of clown loach juvies and he colored back up in like 30 seconds.

 

[CSnyder00]

Tank mates, surroundings, stress, decor, background color, anything can change fish. I've seen blue fish go white. I've seen black fish go gray. Who knows what may have caused it. It is also possible that the white is his normal color and the orange is a stressed appearance.

Don't forget water parameters and chemistry as well.