fox face help

[Zane08]

Had my fox face for months been eating and doing good woke up this morning and he was looking like this dont have another tank so i just put him in my sump all my other fish are just fine

 

[brownsalt92]

Mine turns brown when he gets spooked. Then goes back to normal. Also when I get up for work at 530 am. He is brown blending in with the rock

 

[Zane08]

Mine does that too but this time its diffrent like hes all pale like hes going to die

 

[LaurenA]

Any behavioral changes? Have you added in any new tank mates?

 

[Zane08]

No new tank mates last one was the dog face puffer and that was a month a go or more

 

[LaurenA]

If all tests are normal and there are no behavioral changes then try feeding cyclop-eeze flakes. I had a friend who had a similar issue but the discoloration happened over a couple weeks not overnight.

 

[mcarroll]

I agree - this may just be normal. They are definitely camoflage artists, and if you spooked him early in the morning? You're lucky you could see him at all!

 

[McMullen]

Likely normal. Mine pales out from time to time. He's fat and happy and about three years old. Sometimes he looks like a nice ripe banana and others like an old brown banana too! The sump seems like cruel and unusual punishment and if he were stressed that would exacerbate.

 

[Zane08]

I didnt know if it was sick or something bad didnt want the rest of the tank too get something and domt have a quarantine tank for him didnt know where too put him

 

[McMullen]

Pathogens will still enter the DT with a sick fish isolated in the sump. I was joking about cruel and unusual punishment, it would exacerbate stress though.

 

[Brautumn]

Our one spot foxface does that on occasion, could have been startled besides his camouflage at night. Make sure plenty of seaweed in his diet-herbivore, as mine eats his like it's his last meal.

 

[john.m.cole3]

my one spot will trip out if i walk up towards the tank too quickly. But, when i feed him seaweed, he calms down... FAST! He always hides and changes colors whenever I put my hand or a coral feeding tool in the tank. Weird fish but that's why I love him. Plus, he's my biggest fish in my 72!