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Orange parrot fish turned pale

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Question
I have 5 orange parrot fish. Recently one of the fish has gone very pale but apart from that it seems ok. The water temperature is 78 degrees. Do I need to increase this?

Answer
Hi Pat,
  78 is perfectly fine for them.   Parrot cichlids do a lot of color change depending on their mood.  Is it possible that the gray one is being picked on by one of the others?

-- Ron
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