joshman1204 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 My two clowns both have some weird spots only on their white bands that they did not have yesterday. They seem to be acting ok ... one of them maybe breathing a little hard but I just cleaned the tank and did a water change so he could just be freaked out a little. Here are some quick pics that I tried to get of the spots: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffT Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Are they hosted by soft coral (anthellia, xenia, etc) by any chance? My clowns that are hosted by antellia had something that looked similar. Searches revealed that it should be harmless if that is what is happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKarshens Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Yeah looks like sting marks. If they don't go away or get worse then I would start to worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 I've seen what looks very similar occur on some of my clowns over the years. I've never been able to attribute it to any thing in particular outside of spousal abuse but never really researched it since it didn't appear to affect the fish. Notably it occured on a male of a very well established pair that were hosting several different frogspawn colonies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshman1204 Posted November 19, 2010 Author Share Posted November 19, 2010 Well the spots were gone this morning when the lights came on so who knows. The clowns dont really host anything since I moved back to the biocube and had to get rid of their LTA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Looks like bruises or sting marks to me. +1 for injury. They usually heal pretty fast though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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