Indentifying Disease

Kyasukin · Oct 10, 2023

Hi, I Just noticed my clownfish have this soft red mark spot on the right side of his boyd, is this Uronema? i moved it to the QT straight away.

Thank you

Jay Hemdal · Oct 10, 2023

Kyasukin said:
Hi, I Just noticed my clownfish have this soft red mark spot on the right side of his boyd, is this Uronema? i moved it to the QT straight away.

Thank you

That is unlikely to be Uronema. I call it clownfish bruising. You only see it on the white stripes of clownfish, under the skin. Nobody knows the cause of it. In some cases the fish get better, in other cases they don’t - a real mystery to me!

Jay

Kyasukin · Oct 10, 2023

Jay Hemdal said:
That is unlikely to be Uronema. I call it clownfish bruising. You only see it on the white stripes of clownfish, under the skin. Nobody knows the cause of it. In some cases the fish get better, in other cases they don’t - a real mystery to me!

Jay

Hi, so its a normal thing on clownfish? thanks for the reply

Jay Hemdal · Oct 10, 2023

Kyasukin said:
Hi, so its a normal thing on clownfish? thanks for the reply

No - it isn’t normal. Here is a post about it:

Clownfish bruising/lesion?

All, Over the past two years or so, I've come across dozens of cases on the fish disease forum here of an issue with clownfish that we have not been able to identify. I've never seen it on any clownfish I've had myself, but the issue seems most common on designer clowns, which I don't work...

www.reef2reef.com

Jay

Kyasukin · Oct 16, 2023

Jay Hemdal said:
No - it isn’t normal. Here is a post about it:

Clownfish bruising/lesion?

All, Over the past two years or so, I've come across dozens of cases on the fish disease forum here of an issue with clownfish that we have not been able to identify. I've never seen it on any clownfish I've had myself, but the issue seems most common on designer clowns, which I don't work...

www.reef2reef.com

Jay

Hi Jay, so is it contagious, what precaution or medicine need to be done with this kind symptoms? the fish is active and eats normaly aside from the bruise getting darker after a week observation.

Jay Hemdal · Oct 16, 2023

Kyasukin said:
Hi Jay, so is it contagious, what precaution or medicine need to be done with this kind symptoms? the fish is active and eats normaly aside from the bruise getting darker after a week observation.

We don't know the cause, but it doesn't seem to be contagious. Since the cause isn't know, there isn't any treatment. Some of these affected fish get better and some don't. I wish we knew more about it, sorry.....

Jay

Kyasukin · Oct 16, 2023

Jay Hemdal said:
We don't know the cause, but it doesn't seem to be contagious. Since the cause isn't know, there isn't any treatment. Some of these affected fish get better and some don't. I wish we knew more about it, sorry.....

Jay

What would you recommend? Put it back to the main tank or leave it on the QT as long as the bruise is visible?

Jay Hemdal · Oct 16, 2023

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Jay

Kyasukin · Oct 17, 2023

Jay Hemdal said:
We don't know the cause, but it doesn't seem to be contagious. Since the cause isn't know, there isn't any treatment. Some of these affected fish get better and some don't. I wish we knew more about it, sorry.....

Jay

Jay Hemdal said:

We don't know the cause, but it doesn't seem to be contagious. Since the cause isn't know, there isn't any treatment. Some of these affected fish get better and some don't. I wish we knew more about it, sorry.....

Jay

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What would you recommend? Put it back to the Main Tank or leave it on the QT as long as the bruise is visible?