Spotty Green Chromis

[bdhough]

One of my green chroises has lighter spots of color on him. He is eating ok and swimming around as normal. The spots seem to come and go. In a couple of hours they may go away. It also depends on which way the light is shining on him as well. At one angle you can't see the lighter spots and in another you can. Even if you get up close and look at him you can't really see them and sometimes you can... Very wierd.
I was wondering if this was normal or maybe he was coming down with a disease, or maybe he's stressed and loosing his hair, er scales.... Anyone familiar with this phenomena?

 

[beth]

I just noticed the same thing on one of my green chromis . Let me ask you, is the one with the discoloration the smallest or one of the smallest chromis in your tank?
I think this is a stress related reaction. Its interesting.

 

[bdhough]

Yeah he is the one that gets picked on by the other. I only have 2 cause its a 12 gallon tank. It seems that it is just stress then. If yours are doing the same. I figured it can't be a disease. My water has been nearly perfect since i had the tank. And i hadn't added anything (recent corals 2 days ago) for at least 2 weeks. I just wanted to make sure
Now that i think about it when i bought the second one he did it cause i tore off 3 of his scales getting him in the darn tank. He had the spottiness for a couple days, and now hes very vibrant colored.
I want to get rid of them but can't bring myself to do it. They're too entertaining.