First Saltwater Tank

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

ok quick question..... my friends dad left town for a week and when he came back all his saltwater fish were dead except for one.

he called me this morning and asked if i could take this one fish and keep him in my tank.

i went and picked it up. Its a small foxface rabbitfish (about 2 inches)
hes not even yellow, he's kind of a brown color with white spots.

is it sick or something? is it safe to put in my tank?

i realize that its gonna outgrow my tank, but hopefully my friends dad will get his tank up and running to take it back soon

I would worry about it. If all his fish died in a week... what was the cause? You could potentially bring a disease or parasite into your tank.

I would say if his tank is empty.... might be better to leave it in that tank until you know what the cause was.


Picture of the fish possible? Seeing the "white spots" would make things easier for those with knowledge of illnesses.