occy black spots! help!

12gallonbaby

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I have a pair of occys that are still babies. I've had them for just over 2 months. The larger one (and the one that is more black) has black looking spots on his dorsal side. I was just wondering if this was normal for a growing occy? My other is just plain orange. He is showing no black at all.

This first video is of my female clown with the black spots
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The next is of my male clown
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BTW the screeching in the background is my cockatiel. :rollface:

Thanks!
 
Sorry, I can't really see the spots -- nice clowns though! They look just fine, very healthy.

There is a parasite that causes fish to develop black spots, I don't think you need to worry about that though. Most likely it's just a reaction from touching one of your corals. My occy likes to roll around in patches of zoanthids; the zoas aren't as fond of her as she is of them, and she's constantly covered in little black freckles.
 
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