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zhewitt04
06/13/2011, 09:43 PM
My foxface is new got him firday, everything is going ok. He is very skidish though never comes out of the rock work. Figured he was still a little stressed. I turned the lights out tonight and he started doing crazy flips in the tank head over tail flips. My powerheads are currently off so it wasn't like the current got him iether. What is he doing? and Why?

disc1
06/13/2011, 09:47 PM
That's not a good sign. He may be on the way out. Do you have a quarantine or hospital tank you can get it out into?

iLLwiLL
06/13/2011, 10:00 PM
Turn your powerheads on asap. Hes either not getting enough oxygen, or instinct is kicking in telling your new fish he is trapped in a tidal pool after the tide has gone out and will be an easy meal for a bird soon. Read that on wetweb forever ago when my powder brown was doing the same thing . . . more flow = problem solved (for me anyways).

~Will.

zhewitt04
06/14/2011, 02:24 AM
Ok i ill turn on the powerheads this morning

pentrix2
06/14/2011, 06:07 AM
hows your foxface doing now?

weicowireman
06/14/2011, 06:19 AM
Foxfaces are very timid fish to begin with, my guy zips around time to time but if you have a fair amount of rock work then most of his time I would think to be hiding out or at least that is what my guy does. He seems to come out often when the night lights are on or feeding time : )

Sk8r
06/14/2011, 08:18 AM
Never ever turn your pump off: marine organisms require a lot of oxygen, and with a pump off, a tank can die within 8-12 hours.

lacosta28
06/14/2011, 10:04 AM
Ok i ill turn on the powerheads this morning


I noticed you have a lot of tanks in your signature. Which tank do you have this fish in? 2 of your tanks have a nitrite reading, both have nitrates, and 1 has a salinity reading of 1.028.

As SK8r suggested you should not turn off your pumps. You should also slowly lower the salinity in your tank to around 1.025. I like to keep mine around 1.024 - 1.025.

zhewitt04
06/14/2011, 03:49 PM
Thanks for all the tips. My signature specs are not updated. The foxface is in the 150. He is doing better swimming around without acrobatic. I was cleaning the powerhead that's why they were off. I will do one at time from here on out.

lacosta28
06/14/2011, 07:24 PM
That's great news!