Question for everyone:
I recently purchased two yellow-lab cichlids from my LFS. Each is about 1.5" long and have seemed quite healthy swimming around the my tank. I don't know how else to describe it, but recently one of the two cichlids has almost changed color. While he is still yellow, it appears as though he has a coating of black soot on him. As if he rolled around inside a chimney. There is no change to the other cichlid in the tank. Water parameters are fine with a Ph of 7.6 and temp of 76-78 degrees.
I know what ICH looks like and I am fairly certain it isn't that. Is there a disease I am missing here, or is it possible for cichlids to change color in this fashion?
I recently purchased two yellow-lab cichlids from my LFS. Each is about 1.5" long and have seemed quite healthy swimming around the my tank. I don't know how else to describe it, but recently one of the two cichlids has almost changed color. While he is still yellow, it appears as though he has a coating of black soot on him. As if he rolled around inside a chimney. There is no change to the other cichlid in the tank. Water parameters are fine with a Ph of 7.6 and temp of 76-78 degrees.
I know what ICH looks like and I am fairly certain it isn't that. Is there a disease I am missing here, or is it possible for cichlids to change color in this fashion?
