Possible Brooklynella on clown

[Street]

Late last night I noticed a small pale white spot on the tail of my female clown. Well it was very late so I decided to check it out this morning and see if I could find anything.

Well what has me a little puzzled is that my clown doesn't have the usual symptoms that associates with brooklynella. Usually it starts from the head/gills and works down the body, well theres no other spots on her whatsoever except the one place on her tail. There is no slime/mucus on her gills at all, she is not swimming towards the surface gasping for air because there is no slim/mucus. She is not rubbing/scratching herself on anything trying to scrape of any parasite she might have on her, so I am a little confused.

Both my clowns have been eating good, swimming in the current looking happy hanging out right around/above my big green torch coral. Is it a possibility that it could be a spot that was caused by being "stung" by the torch, in an attempt to host, just trying to think of possibilities.

Sorry no photo at the moment, I am currently at work. But thanks in advance for help.

 

[Playa-1]

It's hard to know for sure but I would suspect flukes. A parasite digs a hole in the fish and sucks it's blood. The hole gets infected and your seeing the effects of the fish fighting the infection. I'm learning that flukes are very common in the fish business.

 

[gummi]

Make sure he continues to eat. If you have a QT I would try to QT him and observe his behavior. If he keeps eating and looks to be doing ok then let it pass. If not, try cupramine.

 

[Street]

Thanks for the response guys.

I was looking up the fluke that you mentioned playa and the clown still doesnt show any of the signs from the fluke either. The gasping for oxygen, swiming at the surface, scraping herself on the rock. Although, doesn't mean that she still couldn't have it. Also read about the fluke where they will cause red spots almost where they are sucking the blood and theres nothing like that.

Its weird its just on her tail theres a spot where theres no color anymore. Its as if you took bleach and rubbed a spot on your shirt, and that spot turns to white. Her spot on her tail has turned from orange to a gray/clear almost transparent spot, her scales are still there and intact.

I went home to check on her at lunch and she seemed to be swimming just fine as usual against the current picking at things in the water eating, I have lots of copepods acting herself like she has been for the past 5 weeks when she was in QT.

Hopefully I can figure out whats wrong and solve it quickly.