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Have noticed over past few days two of my damsels are staying rather dark in color only the smallest has retained its bright color.There are no signs of illness or problems between the three fish.Just the darkened main body.Any idea's.Just performed my regular water change so I'm at a loss at whats going on.

jsrtist
A lot of damsels change color as they grow, so maybe this is what you're seeing?
Blue
Thanks Jen.Shame if they are changing color.I prefer the white body not this dark grey color.
chris345
dont worry my damsels always change colors. what kind of food are you feeding? tey tetramarine it enhances the color of all of your fish.But don't feed them bloodworms its gonna killem.
Reef Man
What kind of damsels are they???
Blue
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Reef Man
Very nice Blue.... Do you have any aggression problems with them???
Blue
I have one that is slightly aggressive towards the middle sized one but not towards the smallest of the three of them.However there are plenty of hiding places in the tank as I was aware damsels can be a bit nasty to other fish.the three damsels are the tanks only residents.
Reef Man
Very nice!!! The damsels come in some striking colors that is for sure!!!
Blue
Thanks Ron I love the three of them.I believe the color darkening is down to stress as only one is dark and thats the one that is picked on by the largest.I'm just going to monitor things and possibly set up QT for the stressed one as dont want it getting ill due to stress.
Reef Man
He will probably do just fine.... They are very durable little critters!!!
Blue
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