Black Spots on Clowns

[EnglishRebel]

My five year old granddaughter was just visiting from England and I just had to take her to the LFS to pick out a couple of (false perculas). They are now in the QT tank and eating and "swimming" fine (if you can call it swimming ). The only problem is that the LFS kept their batch in the frag tank and they all had black spots all over them where they had brushed up against the zoos (I guess because they are in line with the entrance and at a child's eye level). Will these disappear (i.e heal) over time?
Thanks

 

[Michael]

hi-alan, well it could be the dreaded blackspot im afraid, if so, qt and copper treatment or hypo is the only ways to rid it, its similar to whitespot unfortunately and needs the same treatment to cure it, hope its not blackspot, but cant think what else it could be tbh

 

[WaterKeeper]

We are talking about a possible outbreak of Brooklynella here Alan and the copper treatment is the same as one uses for ich. It is possible that they are coral stings but most reef fish learn quickly and don't run against corals that sting them. Do a web search on Clownfish disease and you will get more info on the subject,

 

[fasteddie99]

Thats interesting. I noticed one of mine had a few black spots on him/her about 6 months ago. I kept an eye on it for a while and it never got any worse so I never worried about it. I am curious now. I will have to look the next time I go down to the tank, I havent "really" checked out my clowns lately. Also, I didnt have any corals at the time I noticed it. Good luck.

 

[IslandCrow]

What about Black Ich. I know it's most commonly associated with Tangs, but I believe clownfish can contract it as well. A formalin bath is the accepted treatment, and I believe it's the same for Brooklynella. I certainly hope it's not Brook. The way I've seen Brook manifested has been more white patches than black dots. It's a nasty disease, though, and I've lost two clownfish to it (fortunately they were in QT). Black ich on the other hand is not normally fatal. I'd say do some internet searches on both (or post a picture if you can) and see which one looks like the best match. . .if it's in fact either of them.

 

[EnglishRebel]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14824888#post14824888 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WaterKeeper
We are talking about a possible outbreak of Brooklynella here Alan and the copper treatment is the same as one uses for ich. It is possible that they are coral stings but most reef fish learn quickly and don't run against corals that sting them. Do a web search on Clownfish disease and you will get more info on the subject,

Tom
All the information I got when Googling it was burns from Zoos. Brook manifests itself as white mucous and the fish is obviously distressed -- not eating, rapid respiration. Mine a just fine and dandy. I'm hoping they heal up. Anyone know if they do?