I have had a pair of tank raised occellaris clowns for about 6 months now and they have been healthy fish ever since I bought them. I went out fo town for the weekend and came back to find that they each have a few black spots on them. There are probably 6 or 7 spots on the dominant female and about 5 spots on the smaller male. The black spots are not small like ich. They are probably about the size of the point on a ball point pen. I have never seen anything like this before. What is the problem and what do I do about it?
Black spots on TR occellaris clowns
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Wolverine
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Are they hosting in anything?
Clownfish can often get dark spots hosting in zoanthids and some large-polyped stony corals. It comes as a response to irritation from the coral, but doesn't appear to do any damage to the fish.
It would help if you could get a picture, just to make sure it's not something like parasitic copepods (which would be more raised, while the spots mentioned above are flat).
Dave
Clownfish can often get dark spots hosting in zoanthids and some large-polyped stony corals. It comes as a response to irritation from the coral, but doesn't appear to do any damage to the fish.
It would help if you could get a picture, just to make sure it's not something like parasitic copepods (which would be more raised, while the spots mentioned above are flat).
Dave
