Color change

[fish10 2]

We've had this little guy almost a year. Will he eventually lose all his orange? He used to be 2/3 orange and 1/3 white (left: July 2020), which has reversed over the past few months (right: currently).

It doesn't matter to me either way, just curious?

[Mikey 6,789]

Goldfish can always go through a color change. There isn't really anyway of knowing until it happens

 To me, it just looks like he's been properly fed since being in your care and just normally growing now as a whole    If you look at his tail, there is actually more orange on it now than when you first got him   

[fish10 2]

17 hours ago, Mikey said:

If you look at his tail, there is actually more orange on it now than when you first got him   

That's true - he started to lose some of the orange on his tail, then got a few orange streaks at the end. Guess I'll wait and see what else happens! 🙂

Thanks for the insight. I was curious because our other fish hasn't changed color at all. 🤷

[koko 14,366]

On 4/6/2021 at 3:49 PM, fish10 said:

That's true - he started to lose some of the orange on his tail, then got a few orange streaks at the end. Guess I'll wait and see what else happens! 🙂

Thanks for the insight. I was curious because our other fish hasn't changed color at all. 🤷

White and black seem to be unstable colors in goldfish. Now of course Gold is the most common color, so goldfish have a tendency to change to orange. lol

[spider man 9]

Your fish looks fine and it appears you have done a great job of grooming him. In your first pic he appears emaciated and in the second pic very healthy, great job

[koko 14,366]

5 hours ago, spider man said:

Your fish looks fine and it appears you have done a great job of grooming him. In your first pic he appears emaciated and in the second pic very healthy, great job

I agree the first pic looks like they didn't feed him much at the store. Poor fish