yellow watchman goby?

[tyedyed1]

i have a watchman goby and until recently hes been yellow (normal looking). now hes white to barly noticable yellow with dark stripes on him. whats the cause of this? i test for NO2, CO2, PH, and ammonia. all my parameters are normal. i did just add a threadfin butterfly and a blue linkia about 2 weeks ago. i use nitra-zorb and phosguard on a regular basis so i only use one small bag of each to keep each one in check. i dont think the tank is overstocked but i could be wrong.he seems to be ok , just different colored and i wanted to find out if anyone knew what was up? thanks :thinking:

 

[mudplayerx]

Do you have sand and small pebbles for him to build a tunnel out of? What do you feed him?

 

[tyedyed1]

hes tunneled under my live rock here and there but no accual hole in the sand from him. as far as what he eats i throw in the really small pellets of spectrum thera+a and ive seen him eat some of the blood worms i give my cbb. thanks for the help

 

[ivanfj]

Try soaking the food in garlic extreme or selcon concentrate. Those two, especially selcon, can enhance the coloration of the fish.

 

[diadema]

very strange..
I would say as long as he looks healthy otherwise, and he's got a fat stomach - just keep an eye.
Maybe you have some strange watchman goby hybrid that's changing into his adult coloring... You never know..
Got a picture?

 

[tyedyed1]

no sorry. i have the worst camera ever made....ive tryed to take pictures of my CBB and it was blurry and you really couldnt see it. so im sure with a fish that small.....you wouldnt see it at all...