Is my black and white Ocellaris sick?

[cab395]

I didn't really want to make this thread, since I don't know if I'm overreacting or not, since I've only had these clowns for nine days. I have a 2" orange Ocellaris clown and a 1-1/2" black and white Ocellaris clown. The larger orange clown has been picking on the black one, especially during feeding time.

The smaller black clown, over the last five or six days, has shown small white "smudges" on both sides. They're only in a couple spots and go away after a few days, but come back in different spots. It makes me think it's a result from the orange clown charging and biting the black one. The black clown is acting fine. Swimming around nicely, eating, the whole nine. He just has these smudges. Doesn't look like ich or brooklynella or anything like that. No cysts or anything. And they're more towards his caudal fin.

Do black clowns who get small injuries show those injuries as small white scrapes, perhaps? That's what I think I'm dealing with, but I'm not 100% sure.

I took two quick pictures. It is on both sides just behind the middle white stripe. Unfortunately I need to run out of the house and don't have time to superimpose an arrow or box. Hopefully you can see it:

I can try and get better pictures after work, if need be. Please let me know what you think. Thanks!

 

[fshlover]

They may be starting the pairing process. The larger one will become female, and will harass/beat up the littler one until it "submits" and agrees to be the male. Once he submits, this should stop for the most part.

 

[cab395]

I definitely do agree that they are starting the pairing process. Thank you for the input! My question is if it is possible that these white marks could be from her biting him, since they look more like scrapes than cysts or anything. What do you guys think, by looking at the pictures?

 

[cab395]

Anyone seen this before or have any idea what's going on? If he remains healthy and eating I figure ill just leave him be.

 

[Alexwilson1337]

I also have a pair of black and white ocelliaris clowns. My male seems to get this a lot as well usually where I see my female assert her dominance on him. Thought it was a fungus but it'd make since if it was a wound cuz none of my other fish get the whiteness white stuff

 

[fshlover]

I would say they're essentially bruises. Should'nt be anything to worry about