Anyone know why my goldfish after 2 years have turned white/silver they are still very healthy?

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Goldfish are brown when young, they change color as they mature, some more then others. Make sure you are feeding them a variety of food, like small earthworms, boiled egg yolk and the inside of peas
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mine have done the same and I don't know either although someone said they do change colour as they get older or it could be the type of food you give them?

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Maybe they're just getting old? you know, grey hair, grey fins, pretty much the same isn't it? Try some orange dye in the fish bowl! ; )

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IT MEANS THEY ARE OLD ENOUGH TO BREED.

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I guess they finally swam the spray paint off

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erm, has it something to do with entering a different stage of life?

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yea thats normal. there just getting older. it happen to almost all of them.

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i dunno probaly because they change colour when they get older i dont know never had goldfish for 2 years they dont last that long in my house

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Normal goldfish do that sometimes if you want one that stays gold then buy a Golden Orf.

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Like us all, they are getting old, darling! Time to break open the Botox!

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think its as they mature ,my pond goldfish have changed colour .

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i think it means they are ready to start having baby fish, but not sure. sorry I'm not much help xxxxx

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maybe got a magic goldfish

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http://kathysgarden.blogspot.com/.

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fish do change colour as they get older

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Goldfish often change color as they age. This is a very common and normal thing. I have an 8000 gallon pond with several varieties of goldfish. My babies from the comet goldfish are almost always greenish black when fry, but change color as they age. The don't have to be breeding age either. I have fish that are several years old and all the sudden went from black to gold--It kind of nice really--like getting a new fish without buying one.
By the way, if your fish is just 2 years old it is not 'old'. Goldfish can live more than 20 years as long as they have enough room in the environment and you keep your water healthy.

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goldfish and koi sometimes change colors as they
age (it's not turning gray) some are affected by the
water temperature

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one of my fish has gone white, nothing to worry about, it,s age. it,s like us going grey.

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Mine too! I started off with 2 reddish orange Orandas and 2 pure white [literally, almost transparent] Orandas. Almost overnight, Squeak lost all of his orangy colour. He only has a few streaks of orange on his tail fins now. His brother Pip is still orange but has now developed a silver patch on his right side, so maybe he is getting on now.

Sugar, the only remaining pure white fish, is just fine and doesn't seem to be having any odd changes, but then again, I don't suppose they'd be noticeable anyway! Other than that, they are all healthy and apparently happy.

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