About 10 months ago, I purchased a group of 5 x 1.5 inch Albino/Gold Roseline sharks from a LFS. This was an interesting bunch as I got a few different "results" from these fairly uncommon fish.
2 of them that were whiter than the rest of the group had very poor vision and one ending up dying as it wasn't able to find food. The bottom fish in the picture is the blind fish, top fish is the healthier gold roseline.
Of the other 3 "normal" gold roseline sharks, this one in particular (pictured below) went through some interesting fading/color changes. It started off like one of the yellowish gold roselines with black spots, as if it wasn't a perfectly gold roseline shark with pigments in some of it's scales. However, over the course of the last 4-5 months, this fish's color turned into the color of a normal (non-gold) roseline shark! A few months later, it faded back into it's original dirty gold albino colors. I wish I took some pictures deeper into it's transition, but something tells me it's going to turn back into a normal looking roseline shark soon as it's black/darker pigments are starting to come back. I'll be sure to document it as this happens again (if it does).
I know "fading" occurs with a handful of household freshwater fish, but has anyone ever heard of a roseline shark fading, and then reverting back to normal colors, and then fading back again??
2 of them that were whiter than the rest of the group had very poor vision and one ending up dying as it wasn't able to find food. The bottom fish in the picture is the blind fish, top fish is the healthier gold roseline.
Of the other 3 "normal" gold roseline sharks, this one in particular (pictured below) went through some interesting fading/color changes. It started off like one of the yellowish gold roselines with black spots, as if it wasn't a perfectly gold roseline shark with pigments in some of it's scales. However, over the course of the last 4-5 months, this fish's color turned into the color of a normal (non-gold) roseline shark! A few months later, it faded back into it's original dirty gold albino colors. I wish I took some pictures deeper into it's transition, but something tells me it's going to turn back into a normal looking roseline shark soon as it's black/darker pigments are starting to come back. I'll be sure to document it as this happens again (if it does).
I know "fading" occurs with a handful of household freshwater fish, but has anyone ever heard of a roseline shark fading, and then reverting back to normal colors, and then fading back again??
