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Hi . I'm abit concerned about my L177. It has changed colour, from yellow on black to yellow on pale brown. He seems to be behaving normaly (eating swimming etc.) but I'm worried all the same, especially with the reputation of gold nuggets sudden deaths.
Please tell me that he is OK ( he is my family's favourite!!)
Richard

Did this change happen over a period of time or did it happen suddenly ? Did you make any changes to the tank and/or water prior to the change ?

Hi plesner. The colour change happened over 2/3 days and I've not made any changes to the tank/water for nearly three weeks, but a water change is due as my nitrates are getting close to 20ppm(I use nitrates as a guide).
Thanks

Olway,

If you change your topic title to something useful, then you might get more replies!

"Help with L177" might be a good idea...

Jools

Good advice! Consider it done.

olway wrote:a water change is due as my nitrates are getting close to 20ppm

I may be a little too careful, but I try to keep my nitrate levels way below 20 ppm. I dunno if a water change will solve your problem (hopefully it will), but I would change some water if I was you.

My L-177 turned that color when I moved the tank to my new house, but he was back to his normal color within 2 hours or so after going back in the tank.

I'm under the impression that it's perfectly normal for L177 to change colour. My two are yellow on black most of the time, but they do get quite pale from time to time.

There's a couple of photos showing this in the Catfish of the Month article on gold nuggets.

Thanks for the reasurances . I am going to do a water 30% change today and another midway through the week just to be on the safe side though. Then I think I'll go back to a weekly schedule.
Richard