Gold fish losing color

mrbprint

I am asking for my neighbor who has a group of gold fish. They suddenly started losing their color and a couple are almost white. Any reasons that would cause this? I remember awhile back overhearing someone ask a LFS about it and they had no clue as to what was happening.

Romad

The first things that come to mind are stress or malnutrition. Can you ask what they're feeding them/how often etc.??

And can you get them to list their water parameters? Ammonia, Nitrite, nitrate, ph?

Our resident goldfish expert is Lupin. Try sending him a pm and see if he can come up with something for you.

thekoimaiden

Also, where are they housed? A group of goldfish need a pretty large tank or a pond.

Lupin

If these fish actually do not have any health issues, this is simply a natural occurrence called cell suicide or apoptosis if I recall right. What color were they originally? Black is the most unstable color. It will eventually fade away turning to orange, yellow, red or white.