Why is my blood parrot turning black?

My blood parrot is turning black. He now has black patches all over his body. The temperature in the aquarium is really cold 70 Degrees and it is in a room that doesn't get too much light.

give us a pic and maybe we can figure it out....

I tried uploading a picture. Here is the link. He use to be all red around four weeks ago. Now, he has these black patches on him.



https://i.servimg.com/u/f68/14/88/78/23/img_1511.jpg

Warmer water wouldnt hurt. Is his eye cloudy or is that just from the pic???

His eyes are not cloudy. I think that must be from the pic. Thanks.

as they grow dont they change kolorz??
i know some fish do!!!
fish go through different kolor stages lik fry, juvie, sub adult, and adult!!!
that may be it! but idk much bout bloods!!
although i have seen some with black patches on em! didnt think anything was wrong with em lol

I know exactly why he is turning black. It's called black spot disease that only blood parrots can get. The problem that is causing it is BAD water quality. Black spots on blood parrots is the first indication your water is bad. So put him in a tank with good cycled water and itll clear up within 3 days.

Ammonia burns?!

Do goldfish produce a lot of ammonia? I had originally put 20 small goldfish in the tank for my arowanna to eat and after two weeks, the arowanna ate 14 of them, but 6 were still left. The arowanna died of some black streak along its body. Could the blood parrot have developed these black spots from the ammonia produced by the goldfish?

Yes!!!!!

Removed the goldfishs into a 10 Gallon tank...Changed the water in my 30 Gallon...Hopefully, in a couple of days the parrot will regain its color.

Yes goldfish are some of the worst

A black streak sounds more like lateral line disease. Never feed store bought feeders, they carry way too many diseases. Buy some liveberers and breed your own feeders.

that def would be alot better and safer!!!!
i agree with fern!!

alkomist wrote:

that def would be alot better and safer!!!!
i agree with fern!!

that way you know what your feeding and its quarantined to your expectations good luck any new updated pics