Fantail losing color

I bought a fantail about 2 months ago because of its coloring, nice
orange with a great black stripe on it's back, black tail and touches of
gold/yellow on it's belly. I noticed 3 days ago that the black is
alomost completely gone form it's back and very faded in it's tail. Can
anyone tell me why. None of the other 5 fantails in the tank have
changed color and they are all about the same size, approximateyt 1 -
1.5 inches long.

Thanks,
BigDD

Black is one of the most unstable colours in fish and a lot of them do tend
to lose it as they get older so there's nothing to worry about.
The black, if not natural colouration could also have been healing ammonia
burns from previous bad water quality and could have just got better since
she's moved in with you.
Mel.


"BigDD" <BigDD.RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I bought a fantail about 2 months ago because of its coloring, nice
> orange with a great black stripe on it's back, black tail and touches of
> gold/yellow on it's belly. I noticed 3 days ago that the black is
> alomost completely gone form it's back and very faded in it's tail. Can
> anyone tell me why. None of the other 5 fantails in the tank have
> changed color and they are all about the same size, approximateyt 1 -
> 1.5 inches long.
>
> Thanks,
> BigDD
>