is fish peeling normal?

[living_waters]

My foxface is doing great had It about a month its a juvi that will be going in my 75g question is I saw a thin piece of clear skin on him peeling off almost like if a human had sunburn. moments later he passed over to the cleaner shrimp station anything to worry about or is this normal?

 

[Cdiggy]

Doesn't seem normal. Did the cleaner shrimp clean him?

 

[Sk8r]

No, not at all. CHeck your alkalinity. Hit the parameters in my sig line, and if your alk is off fix it asap...

 

[jdthomas24]

stress, find what is stressing it.

 

[rfgonzo]

What happend when he went to your cleaner shrimp? Could it just be that a scale popped? If multiple popping on the abdomen it could be a disease.

 

[living_waters]

I'll test tomorrow its a bit late...ill keep you guys posted.

 

[living_waters]

Ok...dkh is at 11 and cal is at 380 very low I'm about to dose some now. I have always had dkh problems always high when my tank crashed it went to 21 and burned all my corals. Could a salt mix cause this?

 

[living_waters]

Oh yeah and for doseing I use bright well aquatics reef code a and b

 

[living_waters]

Anybody?

 

[oscarinw]

Your calcium at 380 should not be the cause for a skin issue like that IMO. Sometimes fish rub against rock intentionally or accidentally and may dislodge a scale making them appear as if they had a small white blister. That could be the case but you did not share whether this is in one place or how spread...

 

[julie180]

My rabbit secrets a "slime sheet" every once in a while. I believe its normal for him. What even stranger is when he swims by it, he eats it!

 

[living_waters]

Yeah that's what it is a "slime sheet" is this normal? Also anybodys foxface have kind of like tinted eyes?

 

[Dozer1one]

Some times fish produce extra slime coat due to extra stress from other fish or parameters that are off it's not uncommon but there's different reasons for it and that is what you need to figure out some conditions are not such a big deal where as others will surely kill the fish eventually, how long have you had the fish, I've gotten some that do that within the first week after purchase and never again

 

[living_waters]

I've had it for about a month and all my parameters are on par, zero nitrates. except for my dkh and cal which were a bit off as previously posted.

 

[julie180]

I would not worry about it unless he is acting off or not eating. I have had my rabbit for 6 years and he does it for no reason I can figure.