Can an angel change it's stripes? Angelfish With Eyebrows  10/06/06
Hi. My husband and I have a small hobby tank (20 gal) with 2 medium sized angel, a few platies, and some scavenger fish to keep things clean. One angel is mostly black and the other is silver-yellow with black stripes. We can always tell when they're hungry because Blondie (the silver-yellow one) will flash her stripes. So we're used to her chameleon effect. This morning we discovered Blondie had a new black spot, a HUGE black eyebrow. She seems to be doing fine otherwise, water levels are OK, and none of the other fish are bugging her. But it's still weird to see Charlie-Chaplin eyebrows on this elegant fish. Can angles normally change color like that? Should we separate her from the rest of the tank? I've already looked for info online, but there doesn't seem to be much out there. Hope to hear from you soon Jamie
< Unless you fish are wild, the genetics of most genetic angelfish are so varied that almost any pattern is possible. I suspect that your angelfish has some marbled angelfish gene in it. It is not a disease and they can all stay together.-Chuck>