elec yellows developing a grey pattern

[maru]

my 3-4 cm yellows are developing a grey skeleton shape pattern,i have increased the spirilina flake but other wise nothing i believe has changed,ph 7.8

this has also happened to my mates fish in the last month?

any ideas would be appreciated.

thanks

david

[phatoscarlover]

did you both buy them from the same breeder? Im just hoping they havent been fed a certain type of food. Cheers Andy

[Sarah]

did you see the parents when buying the fish, perhaps give the breeder a call if you can and just ask him what he feeds his fish if it is food related,

good quality yellows are hard to find in my opinion ,most lfs here in Melbourne have really poor quality ,patchy in colour, pale or have black bars on the body

[Cichlids_au]

Cut out the Spiralina and the colour will go back to what it was.

[Anita_ozfish]

I agree with Mark - fix the diet. They are not total vegetarians and require protein as well. Change to a cichlid flake and incorporate some pellets and frozen food.

[maru]

Thanks guys for your input,i breed the yellows,probably numbering 200 by now.i increased in spirulina as my yellows were starting to get very pale(almost white)but over 2 month with osi spirulina (contains protein),spinach and broccoli they came up great(clean and bright yellow).by the way the parents are from different sourses and prime fish

may be i have just plain over did it,i try more protein