2 identical spots on foxface

[brian7055]

My fox face has 2 identical spots on its left side. Doesn't appear to affect it. They just suddenly appeared. Please see photo.
Any ideas?
Brian

 

[KrisReef]

Looks photo shopped, as in symmetrical, identical looking spots. I wonder what it bumped up against?
Sometimes a tang puncture will look similar to those but a tang attack isn’t as symmetrical, those perfect circles are unique

 

[brian7055]

Thanks for response. Better photo this morning I've noticed the rear spot is slightly smaller than last night and the front spot now has a very faint white dot in the centre. Am now wondering if its annoyed the tomato clowns who are nesting in an anemone and its

caught the gill barb.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Thanks for response. Better photo this morning I've noticed the rear spot is slightly smaller than last night and the front spot now has a very faint white dot in the centre. Am now wondering if its annoyed the tomato clowns who are nesting in an anemone and its

caught the gill barb.

I see this from time to time. From what I've been able to determine, these are caused by puncture injuries, but I also can't rule out corals stings. Punctures like these can be from longspine urchins or the yellow tang in the photo above.

The circular blanching is a reaction of the skin, and may indicate a slight bacterial infection.

It seems that this issue typically gets better on its own if you treat or not, so I always opt to just watch and see.

Jay

 

[vetteguy53081]

With all the tangs I have, I generally see a slash rather than circle but have had powder blue get a sting from RBTA and looked like a bullseye circle

 

[brian7055]

I see this from time to time. From what I've been able to determine, these are caused by puncture injuries, but I also can't rule out corals stings. Punctures like these can be from longspine urchins or the yellow tang in the photo above.

The circular blanching is a reaction of the skin, and may indicate a slight bacterial infection.

It seems that this issue typically gets better on its own if you treat or not, so I always opt to just watch and see.

Jay

Thanks Jay. I have a small spine urchin that would make sense as it's been hanging around the rocks the foxface moves into at night
Brian

 

[brian7055]

With all the tangs I have, I generally see a slash rather than circle but have had powder blue get a sting from RBTA and looked like a bullseye circle

Thanks for response
Brian

 

[vetteguy53081]

Thanks Jay. I have a small spine urchin that would make sense as it's been hanging around the rocks the foxface moves into at night
Brian

Suspect and agree

 

[Reefer Reboot]

I believe those are caused by anemone stings. My Foxface gets the same marks every time my clown fish takes a big chunk of food away from the Foxface, takes it into one of the anemones and the Foxface goes in after it.

 

[Julbra]

Such perfectly circular marks at this precise spacing are hallmarks of a vampire bite Did you check what your fish got up to on Halloween?