does my bluehead wrasse have velvet????

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  1. cuteNfishy88

    cuteNfishy88 Astrea Snail

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    not sure but he is loosing color turning white but it doesnt look like velvet?????wth is going on :-[
     
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    cuteNfishy88 Astrea Snail

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    i have another im posting
     
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    my watchman is not sick nor acting strange
     
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    no rubbing on stuff just acting n lookin funny still swimming and his color is coming and going
     
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    How long have you had him? Have you done anything to the tank recently? Is he eating?

    It looks like it could be a stress response to me, but hard to say without actually seeing how he's acting. Did anything change in the tank?
     
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    i have had him for a month or so this literally happened over night this is a tank i have to make sure the fish and coral arent sick before putting them in my other tank.i have heard they change sex but im pretty sure he is in terminal stage??? not sure im so lost fish r not my thing just coral.im gonna do a water change and see if this does some good.nothing has been going on in the tank just a goby and a nem
     
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    he is eatting well actually i just fed him im so lost