No they are not dead! They used to be a nice orange colour but are now 95% white. Mate reckoned it was puberty but im not buying that.

 

mine did the same two years ago and are still alive, but i don't know why either

 

its called STFW reluctance syndrome, quite common


http://www.pdsa.org.uk/pages/page04_...cfm?q_id=12097

 

Maybe they are feeling scared....

 

Too much chlorine in the water perhaps?

 

Jacksonitis?

 

You haven't got any child goldfish in the tank have you?

 

take my fish to the vet???u jest! its old age thats all.they go grey,then the teeth fall out,then they become incontinent(which is ok since you cant tell,no expensive adult fish nappies for them) then they start wandering to strange parts of the tank when you dont expect it.its the normal fish aging process.my advice is cook the barsteward and b done with it.hope this helps.

 

you aint heating the water are you as been told colour will fade if in tropical aquarium

i'm still waiting for proof though in mine

 

You got em sat in a window sill.

the sun ruined a suite of mine a few years ago - it faded terribly!

 

bleach in the water?

 

Stop the cat from sitting by the tank looking at them!

Les

 

I bought 2 black fantails, went on holiday for 3 weeks and when i came back they were both orange.

I thought my neighbour was taking the ****