Guest Bigphil Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 I know I keep saying it but as a new fish carer I do feel a bit ignorant! I seem to be asking questions that will apear so rediculously obvious to most of you. I assumed that Blackmorrs were always, well... black! But rescently someone posted a picture of thier's that was compltely orange. Did they accidently post the wrong photo? Or is this normal and the "Black" in the name is not really to do with he colour. Oh I do feel so silly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chishower Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Black is a very unstable color in fish, so I think it was black as a baby and changed into an Orange telescope. Black moor is just a fancy way of saying black telescope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Chrissy_Bee Posted July 24, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 24, 2005 My avatar photo is my blackmoore George. He turned orange years ago, it happens to them a lot I've heard it can be caused by temperature changes, but I'm not sure what makes them change color really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member fishrpets Posted July 24, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 24, 2005 No question you can come up with will be too silly! Most of us didn't know these things until we or someone else asked them. I have also seen other's moors change color. My blackie is still very black and I'm hoping he stays that way. Like Chishower said, black is the most unstable color for goldfish. I had a black and orange oranda that ended up with no black at all after a few months. Go figure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Graham Posted July 26, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 26, 2005 Everything I know, I learned here! I was absolutley clueless when I got Graham Norton - my little orange blackmoor! He changed 100% to orange! It may happen, it may not - I don't know why they give Blackmoors a special name as telescopes becasue so many of them do change colors... Maybe you will get a surprise! PS - I like your dancing mouse avatar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LabFish Posted July 27, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 27, 2005 well i have a black moor and well hes not that black he's turning a goldish color but still has a lot of black on him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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