Aloha from Big Island Hawaii

[johnlanders3]

Aloha everyone! New to the saltwater fish aquarium world with my son. He is 13 and for has his first tanks. 29 gallon and a 10 gallon. 10 gallon he calls his hospital tank. After he has cycled the tank for a few months, he opted for a few fish to start with. A couple clowns, yellowtail damsel, angel, engineer goby. We adopted a black damsel and 2 other black clown fish and a lawnmower blenney, currently in hospital tank as we aren't sure if the damsels can stay together.

One of the clowns in the photo just started this change in color of the white stripes. I think it's a parasite, but don't know. My son does most of the research on these and asks Petco people questions. Not sure they really know what their talking about or just trying to sell more.
Anyone have suggestions on the clownfish? Color? Treatments? Or is it nothing?

 

[shakacuz]

welcome aboard the r2r board!

 

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[ReefRondo]

 

[Mikey-D]

Tag the #fishmedic

 

[Peace River]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

 

[Reef Jockey]

welcome to the reef

 

[Kristopher Conlin]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!

Petco employees sometimes know what they are talking about. But from my experience it seems the one that do learned it on their own because they are passionate about the hobby. This is a far better place to find reliable advice.

I would recommend starting a new thread under the fish disease and treatment section. You will get a lot of people looking to help out.

 

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R and the salty world John and son. Lots of knowledgeable and helpful people here who will support and advise you when needed.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Welcome to the forum!
What is the ammonia reading on the tank? That sounds like a lot of fish in a young system.

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[Tamberav]

Aloha everyone! New to the saltwater fish aquarium world with my son. He is 13 and for has his first tanks. 29 gallon and a 10 gallon. 10 gallon he calls his hospital tank. After he has cycled the tank for a few months, he opted for a few fish to start with. A couple clowns, yellowtail damsel, angel, engineer goby. We adopted a black damsel and 2 other black clown fish and a lawnmower blenney, currently in hospital tank as we aren't sure if the damsels can stay together.

One of the clowns in the photo just started this change in color of the white stripes. I think it's a parasite, but don't know. My son does most of the research on these and asks Petco people questions. Not sure they really know what their talking about or just trying to sell more.
Anyone have suggestions on the clownfish? Color? Treatments? Or is it nothing?

Is the bar just turning grey? Hard to tell from photo. I have seen clownfish bars turn grey.. just seems to be a mutation. Usually it is the tail though and they call this "dirty tail".

The fish does look kind of bloated and bar is almost sunken? So it's possible something is going on here.

You won't be able to fit all those fish in a 29g. Aggression will likely be an issue. Clownfish should be kept to 2 per tank, especially small tanks as they tend to pair off then fight others when they mature. I probably would not add the black damsel, depending what kind it is.. but being black, it is probably a feisty one and potentially gets large.

Angelfish can also turn into bullies. Having lots of swimming space and swim throughs/rock/territory can help.

You got a list of a lot of nice fish there, just need to settle on which ones to keep.

 

[kingoftheHiLLpeople]

Welcome!!!

 

[blaxsun]

 

[OldRed1]

Aloha everyone! New to the saltwater fish aquarium world with my son. He is 13 and for has his first tanks. 29 gallon and a 10 gallon. 10 gallon he calls his hospital tank. After he has cycled the tank for a few months, he opted for a few fish to start with. A couple clowns, yellowtail damsel, angel, engineer goby. We adopted a black damsel and 2 other black clown fish and a lawnmower blenney, currently in hospital tank as we aren't sure if the damsels can stay together.

One of the clowns in the photo just started this change in color of the white stripes. I think it's a parasite, but don't know. My son does most of the research on these and asks Petco people questions. Not sure they really know what their talking about or just trying to sell more.
Anyone have suggestions on the clownfish? Color? Treatments? Or is it nothing?

Welcome to R2R! Thanks for sharing your reef story!

 

[tharbin]

Welcome to R2R! +1 on all of @Tamberav 's comments.

 

[Brucealmighty]

Welcome to R2R

 

[dstockwell]

Welcome to the Reef

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Aloha everyone! New to the saltwater fish aquarium world with my son. He is 13 and for has his first tanks. 29 gallon and a 10 gallon. 10 gallon he calls his hospital tank. After he has cycled the tank for a few months, he opted for a few fish to start with. A couple clowns, yellowtail damsel, angel, engineer goby. We adopted a black damsel and 2 other black clown fish and a lawnmower blenney, currently in hospital tank as we aren't sure if the damsels can stay together.

One of the clowns in the photo just started this change in color of the white stripes. I think it's a parasite, but don't know. My son does most of the research on these and asks Petco people questions. Not sure they really know what their talking about or just trying to sell more.
Anyone have suggestions on the clownfish? Color? Treatments? Or is it nothing?

Welcome!

I see that a lot on clownfish here, but I’m not sure of the cause. It only shows on the white areas and it is below the skins surface. Looks like a bruise, but not sure that’s it.

Jay

 

[johnlanders3]

Welcome to the forum!
What is the ammonia reading on the tank? That sounds like a lot of fish in a young system.

Readings are always in range. 0 Ammonia, PH 8.2, Nitrites 0, Nitrates 20 . No other fish currently effected. Weekly readings, bi-monthly water changes of 7-10 gallons.