Fish changing color

[Susan Edwards]

Something strange today. Couple years ago, I ordered 6 lemon chromis from LA. Instead of 6 yellowish fish, I got 6 silvery blue fish with dark bars on some of them. Staghorn damsels is what they said from pics I sent. LA credited me, but then I was stuck with 6 fish I didn't want! They've gotten pretty big in the meantime. Tonight I noticed for the first time, 4 of them are showing yellow. 1 still has bars, and 1 looks even different than just bars. almost bars in both directions, like a plaid. So strange. Are they lemon damsels? Why 2 years to change color

They have never had any yellow in them. looked blue-silvery like blue-green chromis. I'd love to know why they are changing now

1st 2 pics how they've been although this one has a bit of yellow. 2 still do not. Next pics show the yellow.

 

[joseserrano]

Normal chromis get these colors. Unfamiliar with the black bar vario

 

[Susan Edwards]

I was told the black bar ones were staghorn damsels. They all had black bars to some extent. Just in the last couple days, some have changed color and the black bars are fading.