Foxface Question

member 99594 · Sep 8, 2019

Hey all,

After reading as much as I could I can’t seem to find an answer to this.

I have added a foxface to the reef and he has been in there for about a month or so.

At first there was a bit of territory stuff but nothing too crazy. Now he is fine and eats pretty well everything I put in.

Question is about his coloration. He has black all across his back and won’t change back to his black dot and yellow back. How long should this take for him to change back?

Cheers and thanks in advance.

Ian

mta_morrow · Sep 8, 2019

Coloration will vary greatly based on his mood.

Mine is rarely fully yellow with the spot except for when he eats and is happy.

leedsrhinojohn · Sep 8, 2019

As above, its a mood thing, or maybe still insecure and nervous, its nothing to worry about

Redfoxtang · Sep 8, 2019

Definitely a mood thing!! Mine stayed like that for a little while.

Jesterrace · Sep 9, 2019

mta_morrow said:
Coloration will vary greatly based on his mood.

Mine is rarely fully yellow with the spot except for when he eats and is happy.

Same here. Although mine stays mostly yellow. A healthy diet of Seaweed/Nori plus a diversified diet (ie LRS Reef Frenzy) definitely helps out.

@ the OP, here is what mine looks like most of the time when the lights are on and keep in mind he has been in the tank for just over a year now, when I first got him he looked a lot like yours:

member 99594 · Sep 9, 2019

Jesterrace said:
Same here. Although mine stays mostly yellow. A healthy diet of Seaweed/Nori plus a diversified diet (ie LRS Reef Frenzy) definitely helps out.

@ the OP, here is what mine looks like most of the time when the lights are on and keep in mind he has been in the tank for just over a year now, when I first got him he looked a lot like yours:

Oh nice. Thank you. I will try some Lrs.

Ian

lion king · Sep 9, 2019

I've had this guy for about 3 years, I never feed nori but I feed a couple of cubes of Hikari mega algae daily. It's a mature tank with grazing and he loves it when I scraped the glass, otherwise he eats what everyone else eats.