Foxface loks very bad after feeding!

coreynola · 03/16/2016, 10:41 AM

I purchased a juvenile Foxface from lfs. Put it through TTM. Now in 20 gallon QT. After every or every other feeding this fish will turn from yellow to almost all black, stick its spines straight up, hide behide heater and look as though its going to die then 5 minutes later its normal and swimming around as if nothing has happened. This fish begs for food like it has never eaten before and when food hits the water it will devour it in seconds. I have tried Flake, Marine A and Spirulina Brine Shirmp by Hikari all of which it loves. Please help!

Ammonia: 0.0
1.024sg
78 degrees
Hang on filter and power head, bare bottom with 2 pvc elbows
Ligts: none
Medication: none except Prime and Stability

Deinonych · 03/16/2016, 11:18 AM

What you are observing is a normal stress reaction. Foxfaces can be pretty skittish, and this skittishness is magnified in a QT. As long as it is eating and otherwise behaving normally, I would not be concerned.

snorvich · 03/16/2016, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Deinonych

What you are observing is a normal stress reaction. Foxfaces can be pretty skittish, and this skittishness is magnified in a QT. As long as it is eating and otherwise behaving normally, I would not be concerned.

What he said

coreynola · 03/17/2016, 09:25 PM

The look before and after. He has been in this bad state longer after eating.

microlady · 03/17/2016, 10:27 PM

My yellow tang also seems skittish and breathes rapidly at times in the quarantine.

03/16/2016, 10:41 AM	#1
coreynola Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 9	Foxface loks very bad after feeding! I purchased a juvenile Foxface from lfs. Put it through TTM. Now in 20 gallon QT. After every or every other feeding this fish will turn from yellow to almost all black, stick its spines straight up, hide behide heater and look as though its going to die then 5 minutes later its normal and swimming around as if nothing has happened. This fish begs for food like it has never eaten before and when food hits the water it will devour it in seconds. I have tried Flake, Marine A and Spirulina Brine Shirmp by Hikari all of which it loves. Please help! Ammonia: 0.0 1.024sg 78 degrees Hang on filter and power head, bare bottom with 2 pvc elbows Ligts: none Medication: none except Prime and Stability

03/16/2016, 11:18 AM	#2
Deinonych Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 4,191	What you are observing is a normal stress reaction. Foxfaces can be pretty skittish, and this skittishness is magnified in a QT. As long as it is eating and otherwise behaving normally, I would not be concerned. __________________ Chris Hope is not a strategy. Display Tank: DSA 105 w/36gal sump/fuge · 2x MP40wES PHs · 2x Radion Gen2 · Apex w/PM2 · Fish · Corals · Rock · Sand · Water

03/17/2016, 10:27 PM	#5
microlady Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 492	My yellow tang also seems skittish and breathes rapidly at times in the quarantine.