Green Tiger Barb Losing Color

[brianwestchest]

I have three Green Tiger Barbs that I've had for about 4 months now. Two males and a female. In spite of all the warnings, they've been great community tank mates with my other fish. But, I have noticed one of the males has lost just about all of the orange he once had. I thought he might be sick. But, his behavior is normal and he's been this way for quite a while now. Ironically, the other male seems to have gotten even brighter orange tips on his fins and nose.

Has anyone else ever seen this?

 

[Slow-dagger]

Yea that happening to my green Corys idk y let me see the tigers and the tank

 

[Tetra1990]

Just a guess here, since you have 2 males. it could be a dominance thing. The brighter barb is top fish and the pailer one is 2nd in command.

 

[brianwestchest]

Just a guess here, since you have 2 males. it could be a dominance thing. The brighter barb is top fish and the pailer one is 2nd in command.

Yeah. That's what I was thinking. They all seem to be healthy. I was expecting the guy losing his color to get sick. But, he's behaving fine.