Fox face skin lumps

[vetteguy53081]

I dont know beats me I’ll continue to feed and watch over to see if anything reduces. This was about 4 days go

Has foxface gone near the anemone?

 

[TxReefer21]

Has foxface gone near the anemone?

It he has I didn’t know lol

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

It he has I didn’t know lol

Check his Twitter feed for selfies, lol

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Check his Twitter feed for selfies, lol

Why not just ask him?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Why not just ask him?

Well, the OP said he didn't know, so I assumed he at least had a conversation...

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

It he has I didn’t know lol

Chiming in here:

Are these only on the left side of the foxface? If so, that rules out external protozoans or metazoans, as those would be all over the fish more or less equally.

In looking at the spots - the four of them around the black spot look raised - I would not rule out a spine whack from a tang. The mucus further back look like the idiopathic mucus plugs mentioned - these can result from injury, stings or stress, or sometimes, no known reason at all.

Jay

 

[TxReefer21]

Chiming in here:

Are these only on the left side of the foxface? If so, that rules out external protozoans or metazoans, as those would be all over the fish more or less equally.

In looking at the spots - the four of them around the black spot look raised - I would not rule out a spine whack from a tang. The mucus further back look like the idiopathic mucus plugs mentioned - these can result from injury, stings or stress, or sometimes, no known reason at all.

Jay

That’s gotta be it. My
Purple tang had definitely put a beating on the fox face. Things have calmed down now lately but I have definitely seen the tang whip out the side swords

 

[TxReefer21]

Update. No idea what’s going on fox face seems to be getting better definitely eating still noticed this happening today anyone know why ? https://youtube.com/shorts/Tk5YyQ5sT7o?feature=share

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Update. No idea what’s going on fox face seems to be getting better definitely eating still noticed this happening today anyone know why ? https://youtube.com/shorts/Tk5YyQ5sT7o?feature=share

I answered via PM, but for the others reading this thread, the Heni is a facultative cleaner and is picking parasites off of the foxface (probably flukes).

Jay