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Why does my angel fishes grey hues turn black after I purchase them? And then die? My another Angel is GREAT!!
I just recently purchase two angle fish. One is a koi and the other was regular(unsure of name) but it had grey stripes running through the body. I notcided that after a few days the grey stripes started turning black, and it was hiding out in the back of the tank looking not so good. It eventually died after a few days. My marble koi is doing GREAT, very alert and attentive to his surroundings and eats VERY WELL!! And so are the other fish too!! So I just got another Koi but a white koi with grey hues on the fins and back side. They now are turning black too and Im concerned that Im going to loose this one too!! My marble Koi bosses it around to show off his position in the tank, so it has no intrest in other fish and it just kind of glides around looking all sad and stuff. It eats and seems alert...but it doesn't explain the sudden change in color from the time I bought it. Can anyone explain whats going on, and why these fishes grey hues start turning black after I buy them?
Apparently Jon hasn't heard of koi angels - they do exist. They're the angels that are supposed to have a gold/orange coloration toward the forehead: http://www.angelsplus.com/Koi.htm
The darkening of color is probably stress-related. This could be from being picked on by your other angel or a gradual worsening of water quality to which your first angel has adapted (but a fish straight from the store hasn't). Or a combination of both.
As far a water quality, test your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels, especially if this tank is less than 2 months running. If you aren't able to test this yourself, your fish/pet store can do it for you if you take them a sample in a clean container. Ammonia and nitrite should be no higher than 0.5 ppm, and nitrates should be 40ppm or less. If any are higher, you'll need to do water changes to bring the levels down.
As to the behavior of the fish, angels are territorial, so you want to get fish that are about the same size - smaller fish will always be picked on by larger ones. Try to get them as juveniles (when they're less aggressive) and it's a good idea to get a group of 4-6. You can't tell the genders apart until they're ready to spawn, but males will fight. Keep the first two to pair up and retun the rest so you'll have a male and female. Also, be sure you give them enough space - one pair of adult angels will need at least a 29-30 gallon tank.
You can try to reduce your current fighting by taking the dominant angel out and rearranging the decor. This will break up any established territory the angel is trying to defend. Let the new fish find its way around for about 20-30 minutes, then put the other angel back. This gives the less dominant fish an advantage.
If nothing else works, you may have to return one (or both) angels or use a tank divider.