What's wrong with this Scoly?

A LFS has this scoly cheap! They have had it for some time and now I see that the flesh is losing it's color and turning white. Any idea what is causing this and is it curable?
Thanks,
John

 

Nice Avatar 8)

Sure it looks pretty darn good. Just a bleached area, could be some photo shock, or an area of physical damage. If it is cheap I would pick it up, no problem.

 

Savable for sure! When you get it just give it an iodine dip and be sure to feed it well a couple times a week until it recovers. Out of curiosity, what's cheap?

 

Corailline, thanks for the avatar comment, I airbrush from time to time. That was a practice piece I did for a toilet seat.


They started out at $170 and are now down to $70! Initially when they got is it had no color fading and it seems to be getting worse as the weeks go by. They probably had it for about 6 weeks now. I just wasn’t sure what would cause that sort of fading.


Thanks for the help!
John

 

Looks just like too much light and burning a little to me. Nothing that less light won't solve.

 

imo target feeding the scoly may make it stress more. feed cyclopeze into the water to it can feed indirectly and keep it in a shaded area not too dark where it's not getting any light.