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02-23-2006, 02:35 AM
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HELP - Fish Illness
Does anyone know what this might be on my foxface? Some sort of parasite? This is not my area of expertise, I have been fortunate not to have any disease outbreaks, maybe until now!
He is a new addition to my tank about 2 weeks ago, I think he had some blemishes when I got him, but they are way worse all of a sudden. The foxface is swimming, breathing, and eating normally. The pictured side is the worst, the other side has 1 spot.  
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02-23-2006, 02:37 AM
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Can you post a better picture and/or a description of what the symptoms are? I can't see anything in the picture...
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02-23-2006, 02:40 AM
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No symptoms other than the grey spots all along his side, Does this help?
  Last edited by TheReefGeek; 02-23-2006 at 02:44 AM.
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02-23-2006, 02:47 AM
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foxfaces lose thier colour and go blochy when scared,stressed or sleeping makes them look real bad untill you get used to it but by the picture its hard to say if its more than that or not,took mine quite a while to relax and hes still a stress case.
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02-23-2006, 02:49 AM
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He goes almost completely brown/grey when scared, but he has been a nice yellow for about 1 week now, but these spots seem different, he is yellow, but the grey spots remain. I will try to see if any of them fade in or out.
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02-23-2006, 03:09 AM
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could be some kind fungus infection or mabey a bacteria issue
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02-23-2006, 11:55 AM
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My foxface got the exact same thing.
All i have to say is you better find out what it is fast because mine died within two weeks. Eventually his whole body turned black and he died. I never found out what it was though. I was told to medicate him with Metrodiazenol (i dont know how to spell it) however that did not work. None of my other fish caught it though. That was a good thing. All of my levels were good. I questioned AI and Big Als no one could tell me what it was. Good Luck
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02-23-2006, 02:26 PM
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a freshwater dip probably wont do much if it is blackspot since the fish has been in thier more than a couple days it will be in the tank reproducing and will come back even if the dip got all of it on the foxface wich is doubtfull
here a link on blackspot if it will help http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/com...a/aa041701.htm
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02-23-2006, 02:51 PM
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Hopefully it is not Black Spot. He is not rubbing against rocks or any of the other symptoms.
I will try to catch him and give him a freshwater dip tonight.
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02-24-2006, 07:20 AM
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It wouldn't be black spot at all. Black spot looks like salt speckles (tiny), the appearance displays like ich but its black in color speckles. It does not form clumps of spots like that.
Although its very hard to determine from your picture or get a real clear view but it almost looks like deterioration of some sort in spots. Describe the spots in detail? Is it sores? Fuzzy? Does it just look like dark coloration? Does the spots grow from days on? Are you sure its not the Foxfish being stressed? Do you see these spots at night? How many days since you noticed these spots? Also do you notice any of the same coloration to the fins?
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