Striped powder brown

[MIchael10101]

I have a powder brown that I got for a steal bc it was in pretty poor shape. I’m nursing it back to health and have noticed yellow stripes. I’ve never seen a brown with yellow stripes and I’m wondering it is a different breed?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

That is the night/stress coloration for that species. That species is fairly prone to developing ich, you should quarantine it with copper.

Jay

 

[PBnJOnWheat]

Night/stress coloration for that species.

Jay

+1 discoloration due to stress

 

[MIchael10101]

It's in the process of copper treatment. I'm getting the dose up as we speak. Hence the PVC in the background. It's actually suffering from velvet. I had velvet in my display tank... he might of been the one that brought it in. But he's eating and doing well in the copper, day 2.

 

[MIchael10101]

Thanks for the info BTW. I never new that it would show like that under stress. Next time I'm in the LFS, it's something else I can use to judge the health of the fish.