i got a new goldfish and i want to see what it would look like if it was a different color but i don't want it to be stuck the color i make it and the options can't hurt or kill the fish.
2007-08-06 09:30:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
well i mean like you know how putting your fish in the dark it will turn white and puting it in running water it will turn silver well i want to know if there are any other ways like if you feed it very small portions of a pea will it turn green or some other color and if you want to see something mean that some person did to his goldfish check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u9iSKaSMcs it is unfair to the goldfish
2007-08-06 10:02:49 · update #1
You can't really. Diet can make subtle changes in his color, as can the color of the gravel in the tank, but both of these take a long time, have somewhat unpredictable results and really make very little change at all. The best way to do what you wan to do is a photo and a copy of photoshop :)
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2007-08-06 10:02:18 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
not really sure what that video clip was trying to prove. You can change the color of your fish without hurting it however changes take long periods of time and sometimes are permanent. You can put your goldfish in the dark for a few weeks and allow him to turn white, but within a few days he will be back to the color he always was. Putting your fish in running water will not turn him silver. Green is not an option for goldfish pigments.
Goldfish can be white, orange, red, black. There are a few bread with Koi that can be "blue/black" or even yellow, but that has been done with genetics and years of breeding.
For their Carotenoids which are a family of pigments the fish can't make themselves and are obtained as part of the diet. These pigments result in red, yellow and orange colors. Fish have cells called chromataphores. Those cells convert lutein and carotenes into astaxanthin which is the red pigment.
sources include, brine shrimp, krill, spirulina, marigold flowers, paprika, sweet red peppers, yams, carrots, pumpkin
Feeding your fish green veggies will not turn him green. Even adding food colorings to his water will not change him either. Feeding the foods above will brighten or extend the pigments.
2007-08-08 05:57:30 · answer #2 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I had a goldfish when I was little, he lived in 30g tank with red gravel. I got the fish when it was tiny about 1". By the time it was 4" or so it had a rose hue to its scales.
I had no idea why my goldfish turned rose colored.
2007-08-06 17:29:53 · answer #3 · answered by Palor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Aaron, Goldfish are prone to colour changes but these are totally random & unpredictable. There is no way you can alter any animals colour either temporarily or permanently to suit yourself without seriously hurting or killing it & as you will agree that is certainly nothing to be proud of.
I suggest if you do not like the colour he is or are not prepared to wait until a change does occur naturally then Goldfish keeping is simply not for you & you should return him to the store.
2007-08-06 17:28:27 · answer #4 · answered by John 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
why did you buy a goldfish is you dont want a ish that is that color?
2007-08-06 16:38:30 · answer #5 · answered by STL 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm no PETA person, but that sounds just cruel to dye your goldfish.
2007-08-06 16:37:38 · answer #6 · answered by Carrie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't change the color of fish without seriously hurting or killing them. Fish are who and what they are. Some unscrupulous people do inject dyes into fish and put them into caustic chemical baths to dye them, but this is unbelievably inhumane. If you can't be happy with the color of your fish as they are, please don't keep fish.
2007-08-06 16:39:06 · answer #7 · answered by Venice Girl 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋