What are these black spots on my clown?

Ethanj31 · 12/05/2016, 10:08 PM

I noticed these spots on my clownfish yesterday and put him in my quarantine tank. Anyone know what they are?

Triggerfish · 12/06/2016, 08:59 AM

Look like marks caused by an anemone.

Ethanj31 · 12/06/2016, 03:28 PM

Yeah but I don't have one.

Triggerfish · 12/06/2016, 03:34 PM

seems like something was stinging it. any corals in the tank with it?

snorvich · 12/06/2016, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Triggerfish

seems like something was stinging it. any corals in the tank with it?

This.

Fiver · 12/06/2016, 03:54 PM

There was a thread about this a few months back that might be worth looking up. I commented on that thread and I'm going to repeat myself here although some people on the original thread disagreed with my assessment:

I have two ocellaris clowns. Several months ago, I brought home a royal gramma that had ich. Small black spots started appearing all over my clowns -- fins, scales, etc. The clowns did not get any white ich spots while the gramma was covered in them. At this point, I had no anemones and my corals consisted of a montipora, gorgonian and toadstool.

I put all of my fish through TTM. My gramma died. My clowns survived, and the black spots disappeared in the middle of TTM.

My clowns now live among two RBTAs, a frogspawn, an octospawn, zoas, a nepthea, galaxea, GSP and my old corals. No black spots whatsoever, and they regularly swim into the anemones and some of the corals.

That's my experience. Good luck to you.

Ethanj31 · 12/06/2016, 04:16 PM

I don't think anything is stinging them. I think I will go with what fiver said thanks everyone!

12/06/2016, 08:59 AM	#2
Triggerfish Registered Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 3,391	Look like marks caused by an anemone. __________________ 150g Bow: YWG,Flurry clowns, LMB, yellow tail, chalk bass, Bangaii ,powder brown. Current Tank Info: 110g mixed reef

12/06/2016, 03:34 PM	#4
Triggerfish Registered Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 3,391	seems like something was stinging it. any corals in the tank with it? __________________ 150g Bow: YWG,Flurry clowns, LMB, yellow tail, chalk bass, Bangaii ,powder brown. Current Tank Info: 110g mixed reef

12/06/2016, 03:28 PM	#3
Ethanj31 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 3	Yeah but I don't have one.

12/06/2016, 03:54 PM	#6
Fiver Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 365	There was a thread about this a few months back that might be worth looking up. I commented on that thread and I'm going to repeat myself here although some people on the original thread disagreed with my assessment: I have two ocellaris clowns. Several months ago, I brought home a royal gramma that had ich. Small black spots started appearing all over my clowns -- fins, scales, etc. The clowns did not get any white ich spots while the gramma was covered in them. At this point, I had no anemones and my corals consisted of a montipora, gorgonian and toadstool. I put all of my fish through TTM. My gramma died. My clowns survived, and the black spots disappeared in the middle of TTM. My clowns now live among two RBTAs, a frogspawn, an octospawn, zoas, a nepthea, galaxea, GSP and my old corals. No black spots whatsoever, and they regularly swim into the anemones and some of the corals. That's my experience. Good luck to you.

12/06/2016, 04:16 PM	#7
Ethanj31 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 3	I don't think anything is stinging them. I think I will go with what fiver said thanks everyone!