Stressed One Spot Foxface ready for DT

Brieninsac · 07/28/2017, 02:18 PM

I have a One Spot Foxface that has completed his quarantine and is ready to go into my DT this weekend. However, my concern is he has been stressed for the last week.

He's been in his own 10-gal. QT with frequent water changes from day one. For the first 3-weeks he was doing great. But then he started acting erratic and his color would fade occasionally. There are no signs of disease and he's eating fine otherwise, but the stress is concerning.

I could keep him in the QT longer if necessary but I don't think that's going to help him. I just want to know if putting him in my DT in this stressed state won't cause problems to my other fish. I know stress can affect their immune system.

I've never encountered a situation like this so I want to go about it the right way.

cougareyes · 07/28/2017, 02:51 PM

My one spot was always hiding and stressed easily when in qt. He partnered up with a scopas in qt and when time to release them into the dt, i was still a little apprehensive about the one spot. To my surprise he immediately blossomed and has been vibrant and awesome since day one. They seem to be tricky at what stresses them or not. if you can give him a clean bill of health, I'd put him in.

LobsterOfJustice · 07/30/2017, 08:45 PM

If he's healthy, move him. He's probably just sick of being in a 10g.

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Brieninsac · 07/31/2017, 08:40 AM

I put him in over he weekend. His color came back almost immediately. He's been doing good since.

07/28/2017, 02:18 PM	#1
Brieninsac Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 782	Stressed One Spot Foxface ready for DT I have a One Spot Foxface that has completed his quarantine and is ready to go into my DT this weekend. However, my concern is he has been stressed for the last week. He's been in his own 10-gal. QT with frequent water changes from day one. For the first 3-weeks he was doing great. But then he started acting erratic and his color would fade occasionally. There are no signs of disease and he's eating fine otherwise, but the stress is concerning. I could keep him in the QT longer if necessary but I don't think that's going to help him. I just want to know if putting him in my DT in this stressed state won't cause problems to my other fish. I know stress can affect their immune system. I've never encountered a situation like this so I want to go about it the right way. __________________ Red Sea Reefer 350 (73gal/18gal sump) / Kessil a360WE Lights

07/28/2017, 02:51 PM	#2
cougareyes Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 713	My one spot was always hiding and stressed easily when in qt. He partnered up with a scopas in qt and when time to release them into the dt, i was still a little apprehensive about the one spot. To my surprise he immediately blossomed and has been vibrant and awesome since day one. They seem to be tricky at what stresses them or not. if you can give him a clean bill of health, I'd put him in. __________________ 30g wartskin angler with living color corals::: 125g juvi tank with blueline, clown, niger triggers; passer angel, and jeweled moray eel Current Tank Info: 210g fowlr: yellow belly dogface puffer, harlequin tusk, pinktail and pair of bluejaw triggers, majestic angel, orange shoulder and scopus tangs. one spot fox: 90g lps reef with an antennata , zebra and fuzzy dwarf, fu manchu lions, yellow mimic tang

07/30/2017, 08:45 PM	#3
LobsterOfJustice Recovering Detritophobe Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 7,443	If he's healthy, move him. He's probably just sick of being in a 10g. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. I remember when zoanthids were called things like "green" and "orange" and not "reverse gorilla nipple." Current Tank Info: 180g reef with all the bells and whistles

07/31/2017, 08:40 AM	#4
Brieninsac Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 782	I put him in over he weekend. His color came back almost immediately. He's been doing good since. __________________ Red Sea Reefer 350 (73gal/18gal sump) / Kessil a360WE Lights