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10-12-2012, 08:17 PM
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From Reef Central
"The fish is definitely shedding its cuticle...nothing to worry about. it's not really a mucous layer, but more akin to a reptile's skin, altho not "quite". Lionfish and other Scorpioniformes do this on a regular basis, and it's one of the reasons these fish are disease-resistant. Here's a vid showing our volitans molting: LIONFISH SHEDDING CUTICLE " cont... I had my local genius at the fish store tell me it was the mucous layer shedding. He said that venomous fish do this to restore their defenses." Hope that helps,
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10-12-2012, 08:23 PM
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Yep it's the foxface, when the fish gets to be 9" long, the sheets of it are huge and get tangled up in the corals
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10-12-2012, 10:55 PM
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Huh ... there's my Friday 'you learn something new everyday' intake
OK then, you've convinced me and I'll start watching the fox more closely Thanks for the help everyone Sorry I doubted you Madreefer 
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11-07-2012, 11:41 PM
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Update ...
Thanks again everyone for your input Since the Fox sold I haven't seen any more slime I haven't been watching the tank as much lately, but so far so good 
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