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  • Dec 12, 2007, 07:31 AM
    hennyxlb
    GoldFish All Fins Have Gone BlackWhat's Happened!
    I have one goldfish and all of a sudden during the last 3 days his fins have gone black but his body is still golden what's happened please help thanks
  • Dec 12, 2007, 07:36 AM
    N0help4u
    I THINK that means there isn't enough oxygen in the tank.
  • Dec 12, 2007, 07:42 AM
    rpg219
    I think this might be ammonia burns... it should fade. Have you done a tank change recently? If not check your ammonia levels... it will burn the fish and their fins turn black. It's kind of like dead skin coming off.
  • Dec 13, 2007, 11:54 AM
    AKaeTrue
    Actually, this is normal in goldfish.
    It's their pigment. It happens to some and not others.
    As he grows the black will turn back to the original color.
  • Dec 13, 2007, 11:59 AM
    rpg219
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by AKaeTrue
    Actually, this is normal in goldfish.
    It's their pigment. It happens to some and not others.
    As he grows the black will turn back to the original color.

    I've never had gold turn to black, but have had black turn to gold :) The black fins is what I was worried about... when they change isn't usually their body first?
  • Dec 13, 2007, 10:40 PM
    AKaeTrue
    It really depends on the fish.
    Black moores are the only ones that I know of where their body
    Will turn black to gold.
    Usually in the common goldfish (commonly know as feeder fish) the first
    Signs will begin in the fins (or some of the fins),
    Then body, then they go back to gold as the black fades away.
    But I'm sure there have been cases where the pigment in the body changed first, and cases where the fins were not effected at all as well, it's just not as common.:)
  • Dec 14, 2007, 06:16 AM
    rpg219
    Thanks for the clear up Kae! :)
  • Dec 15, 2007, 07:55 PM
    deathcool10
    Got to be sick

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