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fishykid9212
03/22/2007, 04:13 PM
My clownfish has black spots on the front of it and its not swimming right. I was wondering if you knew what this was and if I could fix it. It looks like this http://www.wetwebmedia.com/DamselPIX/Clownfishes/wwwclnspot%20copy.jpg

thanks for any help you can give

Chad Vossen
03/22/2007, 04:25 PM
it could be an internal parasite. my female had black spots (not like yours though) and they disapeared when i treated the male for intestinal parasites.
watch your clown a few hours after lights are out. those may be bite marks from parasitic isopods. if so, you will see the pods on the clownfish at night.