clown fish have black spots

[tess&ellie]

Hi All my clown fish hav little balck dots on them this started 2 day ago anyone know what the are Please tell me it is nothing too serious

I have tried to put an attachment on this post

thanks Chris

 

[jt_milstead]

I cant really tell very well in that pic. I would bet they are rubbing on some coral to get the spots.....

 

[tess&ellie]

Thank you for replying so quickly i downloaded the wrong picture i have it posted again with a better picture

I am new at this as you can tell really like thses 2 little fishes and don't want to lose them

Chris

 

[sedor]

Sounds like Turbellarian disease:

http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/compldiagnodisease/a/aa041701.htm

 

[jkrentz2515]

Do you have frogspawn or torch corals? Zoas?

 

[tess&ellie]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=96241&stc=1&d=1262989524


Yes i have both frogspaun and torch corals and they are near the top where the clowns hang out i have never seen them go near them

OK this is a better picture i hope

 

[cdsheid]

Its funny

Its funny

I posted this same question a couple weeks ago. I got replies as it could be mal nutrition and to up the feeding dont think this is it. Black ich disease is what i will be treating now that i read ur post. Hope your succesful at getting it cured. I have two clowns they both got it at the same time. My tank had just got done with cycling when i added them. But ive been into reef tanks for a couple years now. Down graded from a 125g to a 30g nano. Gooood lucck hope they get better.

 

[tess&ellie]

I posted this same question a couple weeks ago. I got replies as it could be mal nutrition and to up the feeding dont think this is it. Black ich disease is what i will be treating now that i read ur post. Hope your succesful at getting it cured. I have two clowns they both got it at the same time. My tank had just got done with cycling when i added them. But ive been into reef tanks for a couple years now. Down graded from a 125g to a 30g nano. Gooood lucck hope they get better.

Thank you for your help how are you clowns OK i hope

 

[tess&ellie]

Just a follow up my Clowns are still doing just fine they eat well and still have the black spots. I guess sometimes you have to wait and see Not and easy thing to do when you think your fish might die. Thanks for all your help

 

[DPanasis]

My clown has this same thing. Can anyone tell me if they ever found out what it was or how to cure it?

 

[mikelee35]

Young clowns are very easily stung by frogspawn hammer's and bubble corals "could be more but those are my experience" and the stings show up as black spots,
that's my guess

Mike

 

[smtank]

Young clowns are very easily stung by frogspawn hammer's and bubble corals "could be more but those are my experience" and the stings show up as black spots,
that's my guess

Mike

Hypermelanism, stings from corals?

Black ich is a parasite, I do not believe it just resolves. .

 

[matty0206]

They get these when they host something new I believe. My female has them right now and hers are from hosting a new anemone that is laid over a colony of zoa's. She sleeps on the edge of the nem which is where the zoa's are. In this pic you can see them on her chest and tail:


Nothing to worry about in my opinion. Their body is just getting used to the new toxins they are coming into contact with.

 

[mikelee35]

Hypermelanism, stings from corals?

Black ich is a parasite, I do not believe it just resolves. .

I never said black ich because I don't think it's black ich, I think they are just temporary burns that will go away with time, my juvi clowns get them all the time when I put a young clutch in a tank with frogspawn and torch corals


Mike

 

[Moort82]

+1 hypermelanism which is just a reaction when starting to host.

Easy way to tell it isn't black ich is the parasites will move. So take a picture and compare them.