Tell me this is not ich!

It is not ich, it is lymphocyctis. Since your pics are somewhat blurry, you will have to decide if lympho is indeed the problem. Lymphocyctis is a viral infection that presents as clumpy, wart like lesions. They start out smallish as you see in the pics I've posted, but the growths can grow rather large if left unattended. There is no medication treatment, but the disease can be managed quite well with good environment and quality nutrition.

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Beth said:
I am able to view both pic and link.....

Let me upload pic directly from my pc.
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Got it.

The key is the size. Note the larger than salt like white spots that vary in size. Those suggest lymphocystis. Adding selcon or similar supplement to food helps.
 
The OPs pics of the clown are pimple like on the body of the fish. Lympho presents as cottony tufts on fins as in Post 21, not on the body. Also an unquarantined goby was introduced 3 weeks ago which is about how long it can take brook or velvet to appear.
 
Newsmyrna80 said:
The OPs pics of the clown are pimple like on the body of the fish. Lympho presents as cottony tufts on fins as in Post 21, not on the body. Also an unquarantined goby was introduced 3 weeks ago which is about how long it can take brook or velvet to appear.
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Yes, we got off track. The OP does not have lymphocystis. My first observation that it is likely brook is still my best guess.
 
If you look at the lesion on the 2nd pic dorsal fin, it looks very much like lympho. Also, the affected areas have a bit of bumpy look to them.

The reason I did not immediately think of brook is because the OP did not mention any of the other symptoms normally associated with onset of visible symptoms of brook. Basically, he is saying the clown appears healthy other then these spots.

The OP might let us know more specific symptoms observed, if any, that will assist in nailing the problem down.

However, if it is brook, then you will need to proceed very rapidly with the treatment.
 
This fish is exhibiting the very beginning objective stages of brook. The classic symptoms of mucus trailing/sloughing and heavy breathing comes later as the disease progresses.
 
I'm not an expert, so cant say for sure what it is; but I had a similar thing happen to my emperor angel where it looked like a pimple on its body. It was a single spot, kinda like the pic posted by beth with the hippo tang. It went away within a few days.
How is the fish doing? Brook is a fast killer and by now I would imagine the symptoms would have advanced if thats the case.
Side note: I fully qt all my fish and highly suggest it.
 
One way to tell for sure if it's lympho or brook or urenoma is to watch the clown, is it breathing heavily? If so it's brook or urenoma if the fish isn't breathing in distress then it is more likely to be lympho
 
Dmorty217 said:
One way to tell for sure if it's lympho or brook or urenoma is to watch the clown, is it breathing heavily? If so it's brook or urenoma if the fish isn't breathing in distress then it is more likely to be lympho
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Exactly right. Which is why I didn't steer toward brook since OP said the clown was fine except for spots. Hopefully, the OP will give us an update.
 
Sorry gust for some reason I didn't get notified on updates from this post.

It's been 4 days and the clown is still happy n healthy and eating a lot. Spots are the same but kinda smudged.

Yesterday I saw this long white poop-ish thing sticking out of the fish for a while, which I think is a sign of stress or some parasitic infection.
 
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