Foxface freakout?

[LanglandJoshua]

I've got a relatively new foxface, and my schedule isnt that great so my lights hardly have a set schedule. When the lights were off it was pacing the edge of my tank and hitting the glass. Once the lights came on it chilled out for a minute. But seems to be still pacing. Could it just be the lamp I had on nearby in the room? Now the lights are on it's flaring the spikes, and acting more calm. Also gaining some better color.

[FearTheTerps]

I think light shock would affect younger fish (fry), I doubt it could cause too much of a problem with an adult fish.

 

Id look into getting a timer so that the fish have a schedule to adapt to. Just a cheap timer from walmart will do, they cost like 8 bucks. I think some people will agree with me that fish can sorta tell time, Their behavior changes when they know its almost feeding time, and they know when the lights are about to go out. Of course I might just be watching my tank too much and need to get out more.

 

Do you run any type of moonlights? I keep my moonlights on 24/7 , I have my actinics come on an hour before my main lights come one, and then the actinic go off an hour after the main lights.

 

The fish's color is probably normal, sometimes when the lights come on they will appear a pale grayish color, but as time goes by the color should come back. I've had this happen with my PJ cardnals and a yellow tang, all yellow fish, might just be a coincidence.

[LanglandJoshua]

I just ordered a reefkeepee L3, so it will be regulated soon. I have minimal LED moonlighting, its on 24/7

[Big Country]

I've never had a foxface yet that didn't act strange, they get all camo'ed up and look pissed off on a regular basis and just generally act strange. Flare their spikes for no reason on a regular basis. Seems to be normal behavior for these fish from what I have seen with 2 different foxfaces in my tanks. If it looks healthy and is eating don't worry about it.

[LanglandJoshua]

Oh it does(eat), but with it acting weird all my other fish are hiding! So my tank looks like there are no fish. I was at first thinking there could be a chemical problem, but all my coral had been growing very well lately. So that's kind of odd. Unfortunately, between the foxface and falco hawkeye my royal gramma has been hiding. I've not seen that fish in almost a week. It's making me wonder...the good news in though my baby B&W oclaris clowns are in my frag tank and FINALLY hosting with their 2 RBTA's. I saw then this morning fighting over who got to swim in the middle of one anemone lol. They were rubbing their faces in the anemone, almost like they were brushing their teeth.

[hypertech]

I've got one about month old now and it does similar things. It eats fine and swims around, but if you do something traumatic, like use the magnet cleaner, it suddenly becomes a leopard print fox face and jams its nose in a hole. Never mind the rest of it is sticking out, its nose is apparently safe. It is slowly getting accustomed to aquarium life and comes out with the other fish to great me at the corner of the tank when it is feeding time now. Give it some time.

[LanglandJoshua]

Haha, I had a feeling. The falco hawkeye is teaching my foxface escape and evasion techniques. Like peering around corners, doubling back, and my favorite, sitting on rocks. I put food in after a day of nothing and the foxface couldn't care less I was there. Once the fish's belly is full it sudenly realizes how open it is, then flairs the spines and darts behind a rock haha...like it's been caught with it's pants down! So thanks guys, I know it's a sensitive fish, and a bit of a pansy. But I just wanted to work out the odd behavior. Part of me was thinking parasites, because it was pale and almost white. Swimming around against the glass, ramming in to the sides of the tank. I have heard of some parasites causing blindness.