Help me 3 male sunshine peacocks no color!

[oakwoodk8]

I bought 3 male peacocks 3 months ago. They had very vibrant colors. Then all three of them lost their color. I had other larger peacocks in with them but i took them out when they lost their color. Now its just them 3 in a 45 gallon tank. They are about 2.5-3 inches. Why dont they have color?

 

[mattrox]

They will colour up soon. It might help to have a female in the tank, it may encourage the more dominant fish to colour up.

BUT if I were you I'd get rid of 2 males and get 2 or 3 new males of different colour variety and then you will have 3 or 4 male peacocks coloured up looking good.

 

[oakwoodk8]

I had 1 female in witht he 3 males. The female was the same size but she was chasing them around and was the dominate fish. I moved her out too see if they colored up but they didnt.

 

[mattrox]

Maybe they are not actually males? Do you have any pics?