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07/09/2009, 04:24 PM
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Clownfish Have Brown Blotches
My two percula clowns have these brown blotches on them. They used to not have them. They are about 1/4 inch in diameter. I was wondering what they have. They eat right and every other fish in the tank appears to be fine. Thanks!
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07/09/2009, 05:07 PM
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Did they recently begin to host a coral? When my female clown began to host a frogspawn she got black spots all over her. Even her lips turned black! Its some sort of reaction to the sting from the coral i believe.
 She's doing fine to this day, 4 1/2 years later.
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07/09/2009, 05:51 PM
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It looks the same. But no they havnt begun to host at the moment. Mabe they are sleeping too close to the galexia. Thanks a lot though, I'm not worrying as much now!
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120 Starphire, monties, stags, caps, acros, green starpolyps, pink star polyps, red mushrooms, ricordia mushrooms, zoa's, galexia, hammer coral, anemone's, you get the drift... Current Tank Info: 120 Starphire, monties, stags, caps, acros, green starpolyps, pink star polyps, red mushrooms, zoa's, galexia, hammer coral, anemone's, you get the drift |
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07/09/2009, 06:23 PM
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My clowns got smaller specks on them when they started to hose a GBTA. From what i have read, its common.
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I hope it never catches on, I like having the oldest tank on here and I don't have to worry about calcification, bio pellets, Vodka dosing, DSBs, Chaetomorpha (I don't even know what that is) Carbonite hardness and all of these other things many people worry about. If I had to think about all of that stuff I would get a stroke. My test kit came in a wooden box and the directions say to keep in a cool chariott. I throw some food in the tank, wave hello to the fish and go out with my wife and have a nice glass of merlot with dinner. Have a great day but most of all, have fun. -PaulB Current Tank Info: 27 Gallon DAS softy/fish reef |
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07/09/2009, 06:24 PM
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My female clown has 2 black spots, not as big as that. But they have been there for a long time now, and she is just fine.
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07/09/2009, 06:36 PM
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My clown has them too. I have no lps or anything else in there that would sting him. I think it's genetic.
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07/09/2009, 11:14 PM
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Wow, I'm glad I'm not the only one. My clowns develop spots as well, the male has more...after reading this thread, I realize they started getting them when they began hosting my pink zoas
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