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i dont mean to post to many threads or clog up your forum but i have a new fox face and i put him in my 75 he is very stressed and i was wondering if there was anyway i can help him he has a hiding spot and i have tried pitch black in the room and im feeding him algae today but i was wondering what else i can try
 

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as long as his water quality is good and well oxygenated. he will calm down. Just do like you are and give him space and time. Where did you get him, how long have you had him, and is he the source of the ick? If so, he may have ick attacking him and that could be the source of the stress. Ick is like getting bit by hundreds of mosquitos at the same time. If he was in the same tank as the infected clowns, he likely has it as well.
 

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How long have you had him? Was he with your clowns? If so quite likely he has ich as well. What other tank mates does he have?
 
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i got him in the fjw event and i put him in a 30 for a transition he stayed away from the clowns and based on icks life cycle that i have seen he should not have it since its very new and just showing up in the tank i did a very very though checking of him and when he moves his colors come back but fade again when he stops
he hid in a cave and the clown fish like to stay in the higher areas in a pack
 
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i will have to find the source of the ick but almost all my fish came from fjw and i trust them alot the only one that didnt was my first clown glub glub and he has been in the tank for a while and no ick
 
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i will check him again though the senility is a little high but im going to fix that soon its a 25 and im lowing it to 23 soon and going to pet co for some algea sheets to feed him
he hasnt eaten much i had algae in the 30 and im getting him sheets today i moved him yesterday and he is alone while i slowing transitioning the others and make sure they are safe to be moved into the new tank and as i said earlier im very sure the ick is very new since i cant seem to find any on the lawnmower blenny and i likes to perch on rocks and i can examine him well when he is like that and any one know how to delete reply since it would be better to condense theses
 
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I'm sorry but I'm having trouble following the sequence of events.
Here is what I heard:
You had the one clown in an ich free tank for some time.
You acquired two more clowns (for a total of 3) and a fox face from FJW this past weekend?
You put them all in the same tank and now the three clowns have ich but not the fox face, who appears stressed?
Somewhere along the way, there was a transition tank involved?
I need to understand the sequence of events to be able to offer competent advice.
 
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no i got the clowns over time from fjw and the foxface this weekend and the blenny week and a half ago
the clowns dont look very stressed to my knowledge they haven't changed their behavior that much (i moved their favored pump that they hang around)
and the 30 gallon was used as a transition for the fox face while the 75 was being finished and making sure it was safe and im getting ready to turn the 30 into a purely transition or quarantine tank
 
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so one last quick question should i give some of the ick treatment to the rabbit fish just to be sure?
 

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The theory goes, if they ever shared the same tank, even for a second, then all fish have to be considered infected and treated accordingly. Treatment can vary according to symptoms but all should be considered suspect and treated away from the DT while the DT remains fish-less to allow any ich in the water or encysted on the bottom to die. Ich will eventually die without a host.
 
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ok but the rabbit fish will be treated in the 75 he can not be moved because if i do he will die from stress ill treat both tanks and do water changes as necessary i love the rabbit fish and ill do extra work for him
 
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ok so the rabbit fish is good i have been mistaking his camo for stress and when he gets up and swins he gets all his color back hes better
 

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and yes i know im saving up for more rocks but he still hides WAY too well
 

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Also your clowns look to be adults. I can forsee you having issues with them in the future as they don't do well with more than 2 in the same tank unless you get them as tiny babies. A male and female will usually kill the third party. The only way it works is if they are put together before they are sexed. The smallest one won't be able to transition to anything.
 
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actually they dont fight the most the fought was when they were first introduced and that lasted 3 minutes and 13 seconds
i timed it i was curious
they are like my sea puppys they travel in a small pack and come when i say breakfast or dinner to the surface
 

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It's possible they haven't transitioned yet which is a good thing. I have had 3 together for years but I got them when they were unsexed. I now have a big female, and middle size male, and the third stayed tiny because it wasn't allowed to sex. The two have paired up and lay eggs but the third remains the outcast. If it were ever to change into a male, I have no doubt he would be killed. Just an fyi to watch for.
 

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Not in the same tank. I had two pair in a 400g tank and one pair went to the opposite end of the tank, 8 feet away, just to kill the other two. And sadly succeeded.
 
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awww well these guys stick toghether and ill put the 3rd in a 30 if it goes bad but i hope that doesnt happen
 
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