foxface issues

[badassapd]

just put my foxface in the tank and his eyes look a blueish color and his colors just started to come back out should i worry about the cloudy eye and try to treat it.

72 gallon
150 pounds live rock
reef tank
korilla 4s
wet dry system
220 protein skimmer
cf light

 

[cybermeez]

I see this phenomenon in my Foxface too. It appears to be an optical illusion (to my human eye) caused by how lighing from an overhead fixture passes through the lense of his eye. I sometimes see it in my Hippo Tang too. My guess is that it has something to do with the shape of the fish and where the eyes on these species are located in relation to the rest of the body. As for his overall coloring, a Foxface can change its color with amazing speed and degree depending on how it feels and the time of day.

 

[Dace]

there eyes usually look that way

 

[badassapd]

atleast i am not crazy..

thank you

 

[thepudge]

Yup, prepare to see a wide range of colors on your foxface and a lot of neurotic behavior. They're great though

 

[h20 freak]

Ya they tend to "bleach"or go black when frightened and turn black when "sleeping" and the colors will sometimes dull or brighten for other reasons,mine didn't show full colors until a few days after acclimation.