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foxface, why is it darkbrown on the top??

post #1 of 13
2/21/12 at 3:21pm
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can some one help me out i will put a picture up, so you can see but i cant figure this out. it isnt his normal scarred giraffe like print. or his bright yellow

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post #2 of 13
2/21/12 at 4:04pm

We started to help you in this thread: http://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/390319/foxface-i-need-help-i-think#post_3460629

 

It's not flat worms, I could almost guarantee that. Pictures would definitely help.

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post #3 of 13
2/21/12 at 4:06pm
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fish.jpgalright this is what he looks like for at least the last 2 days my mom has said but he has  been acting completely normal, just before getting cleaned by the cleaner shrimp

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post #4 of 13
2/21/12 at 4:18pm

Not the clearest picture, but it looks/sounds like the fish is stressed. Can you tell us about this tank?

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post #5 of 13
2/21/12 at 4:25pm
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its a 75 gallon "reef" (starting to be)

live stock: 3 ocellaris clownfish, blue hippo tang (size of a nickel), fire fish goby, cleaner shrimp, and an emerald crab

90 lbs of rock (rough guestimation)

and he has been doing better then ever, other then the weird coloration

 

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post #6 of 13
2/21/12 at 6:31pm

Foxface, as with any rabbbitfish, will change to a brown color when scared, stessed, sleeping and for a myriad of reasons. If it is healthy, swimming around, eating it is okay.

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post #7 of 13
2/21/12 at 6:40pm
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yea idk he is fine but it is just concerning me that his coloring is like that but he is less timid than before

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post #8 of 13
2/21/12 at 6:44pm

He is fine then. No worries here. He will adjust to his surroundings, how long have you had it?

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post #9 of 13
2/22/12 at 4:01pm
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2 months but i bought a powder blue tang, and it attacked him and traped him in a corner and kept going after him for 2 days (2 weeks ago) but i got rid of the powder blue after that and the foxface was fine but then the color just changed

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post #10 of 13
2/22/12 at 6:54pm

Yup just stress then IMO. If it was originally all yellow it should return to that state with a little time.

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post #11 of 13
2/22/12 at 7:01pm

My Foxface was mottled every night without exception.

 

foxy2.jpg

 

In the day typically yellow unless something spooked her

 

Foxy (2).jpg

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post #12 of 13
2/25/12 at 5:35am
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yea idk whats going on, probably stress but right before this happend was when he was just starting to come out in the front when we were in the room and he wasnt scared of anything really. but he should color back up in time?

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post #13 of 13
2/25/12 at 7:32am

Not sure.  I normally wouldn't recommend a Foxface in a 4 foot tank.  See if you can figure out anything else that's spooking it. 

 

Be sure there's a lot of algae and meaty seafood in it's diet.

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