Light red spot on Clownfish

[jbonez_]

Hi all,

This morning before I went to work I decided to look at my clowns and I noticed this redness on them, I just have a video of the one but it looks like the other clown also has the same thing in the same spot, I never noticed it before, is this something to be concerned about?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

That is a syndrome that we see in clownfish and some other species. So far, no cause has been determined and there is no treatment. Some fish recover, but some die. We don't know if the ones that die did so from this issue, or from some other problem. Here is a post I made 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...

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Jay