Feathery Growths

[Shamrock08]

One spot foxface has new feathery growths that weren't there before, most easily spotted at the end of its tail. None of the other fish have anything similar. Could it be a bacterial infection or parasite? Are they flukes?

 

[Shamrock08]

And just now, like a minute later, they're seemingly gone..? Could it just have been from something irritating its slime coat?

 

[vetteguy53081]

One spot foxface has new feathery growths that weren't there before, most easily spotted at the end of its tail. None of the other fish have anything similar. Could it be a bacterial infection or parasite? Are they flukes?

Looked like slime they produce on their skin and would have been harmless

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

One spot foxface has new feathery growths that weren't there before, most easily spotted at the end of its tail. None of the other fish have anything similar. Could it be a bacterial infection or parasite? Are they flukes?

Foxface shed their slime coat as a response to stress, or in response to skin parasites - that what you saw.

If it happens again, or combines with other symptoms like white spots, rapid breathing, or scratching - it could be a response to parasites.