angels eyes changed color!?

[tarpon]

Haha yeah I've read that before. Helped me identify my type of Angelfish but nothing about the eyes I don't think?

 

[Tigroscr]

Oooh! He's pretty! I love Angels, I have a couple too! And i was told wrong too and then I found that website and now I know for sure what kind they are!

 

[Ord6531]

Yeah, I was kinda bummed that there was nothing about the eyes changing color. I was looking for it on mine, but his eyes stayed the same, just his strips lightened.

 

[tarpon]

Yeah, I was kinda bummed that there was nothing about the eyes changing color. I was looking for it on mine, but his eyes stayed the same, just his strips lightened.

Did you turn the tank light and the room light off for a while so its completely dark. Then check?

 

[Tigroscr]

Haha yeah I've read that before. Helped me identify my type of Angelfish but nothing about the eyes I don't think?

Hey Tarpon!! Old friend lol! Any way if you click on that link and navigate through the website I'm pretty sure you can get info about eye color. As for the two Angels I have I don't believe their eye color changes but my male has a deeper orange/ red color to his eyes than my female.

 

[Ord6531]

Yeah. I turned the lights off and waited about an hour, then I turned them on... I'll get a pix of the disappearing stripes!

 

[Ord6531]

This is the same angel...wowed uh?

 

[Ord6531]

Weird...stupid auto correct!

 

[tarpon]

What! The stripes on his body disapear completely! Wow. This is so interesting. Ill post a pic of mines eyes in a sec

 

[Tigroscr]

It does say on that website that most wild angelfish have red eyes but some of the ones in captivity have had the redness in their eyes bred out of them

 

[tarpon]

Alright the first is during the daytime. The second and third are having the lights off a little bit. and the last is after a little bit longer.they are all the same eye.
I guess it is a mood/stress induced change as not all angels do this.(with their eyes)

 

[Ord6531]

I know right...for some reason he doesn't like my clown loach, and I've noticed that when the loach is near the stripes go away. I just got the clown loach a few days ago, so I haunt noticed it before. Usually when the knight goby comes out, the stipes don't do anything.

 

[Ord6531]

That's crazy! Now I'm really interested. I'll do some research...

 

[Ord6531]

Okay, so just some info, I found a few pages that say Angels (being in the Cichlid family) change color based on mood or stress. They can change eyes, and pigment. I'm sure with yours, the light might scare him a bit causing him to change eye color. (same with mine, but except the stripes). Some articles said the more mature the angel is, the better they can "control" their color. Interesting.

 

[tarpon]

Chameleon fish!!

 

[jeffp]

i just checked and mine does the same thing! when the lights are off it loses the red, and when the lights are on the red comes back, exactly like yours

 

[JoeBob]

Man I had no idea they were that versatile! I will definitely pay more attention to mine. I did notice last night after i added a new rainbow his her eyes were very first Orange.

 

[JoeBob]

Man I had no idea they were that versatile! I will definitely pay more attention to mine. I did notice last night after i added a new rainbow his her eyes were very first Orange.

Yeah, that would be "fiery" Orange.

 

[JoeBob]

Lights on vs Lights off

I got very intrigued this morning and did a very impromptu experiment. These pics aren't the best but I think you can see this fish (VooDoo) seems to have red eyes light or dark and I can't tell if the stripes go away or not. Standing here looking at him/her I can tell the vertical black stripe doesn't seem to go throught the eye like it does when the light is on, but you can't tell from the pics. Sorry for the essay

 

[tarpon]

Haha no I can't tell