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My boxfish started to stop swimming out and about but has started to sit either underneath my tube worm or underneath my rock work, he barely moves and I am worried
 
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coral papa said:
My boxfish started to stop swimming out and about but has started to sit either underneath my tube worm or underneath my rock work, he barely moves and I am worried
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Please provide a video under white light intensity.
Also, is it breathing heavy or normal?
 

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