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I have had my Foxface for about 8 months. When I got him, he did seem to breathe a little bit heavier than my other fish, but he was stout, and I figured maybe it’s how a fish like this breathes. During the 8 months he has grown to the size shown in the photo and seems to swim fine (although he is in his cave 85% of the time, observing the other fish), and eats like a pig. My question is, even allowing for early morning, late evening, and cave ‘camouflage’ periods, he is NEVER vivid yellow, but always washed-out whitish, to dull yellow. (Compare the photo of the yellow on my Yellow Tail Damzel and my Banner fish). Do you think the Foxface has been living with some internal disease all this time that— while not fatal— robs him of nutrition / negatively impacts his coloration? It’s not much fun having a blasé colored Foxface, and seeing other people’s tanks where their fish really ‘pops.’ ;Meh I don’t really want to capture him and ‘treat’ him if after 8 months, it-is-what-it-is. All opinions welcomed...