New fish Scales falling off. Please Help!

[Bigfishie]

Yesterday I just bought three fish from a guy. Two clowns and a fire-fish that were all in the same tank for a while. He’s had the clowns for like 6 years. I was checking on them this morning with a flashlight since the lights were still off and I noticed it seemed like scales were falling off. I can only see it on the clowns since the filefish just hides. They were in a bucket yesterday for about 3 hours maybe longer since I drove 2 hours to get them. I couldn’t get good photos so I added videos.

 

[Bigfishie]

Yesterday I just bought three fish from a guy. Two clowns and a fire-fish that were all in the same tank for a while. He’s had the clowns for like 6 years. I was checking on them this morning with a flashlight since the lights were still off and I noticed it seemed like scales were falling off. I can only see it on the clowns since the filefish just hides. They were in a bucket yesterday for about 3 hours maybe longer since I drove 2 hours to get them. I couldn’t get good photos so I added videos.

The videos don’t seem the be playable are they too long one is 20 seconds and the other about 10 seconds. I uploaded them straight from my camera roll on iPhone. Sorry I’m new to posting on reef2reef so not sure if the video needs to be a certain format.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Yesterday I just bought three fish from a guy. Two clowns and a fire-fish that were all in the same tank for a while. He’s had the clowns for like 6 years. I was checking on them this morning with a flashlight since the lights were still off and I noticed it seemed like scales were falling off. I can only see it on the clowns since the filefish just hides. They were in a bucket yesterday for about 3 hours maybe longer since I drove 2 hours to get them. I couldn’t get good photos so I added videos.

Pics are a little dark but May be due to aggression from other clown
If not injury also possible
Need brighter white lighting and
Is fish eating and breathing normal?

 

[Bigfishie]

Pics are a little dark but May be due to aggression from other clown
If not injury also possible
Need brighter white lighting and
Is fish eating and breathing normal?

I know sorry the lights are on full whites but the clowns are hiding in the back where it’s darker. Could there be aggression from the other clown if they are a breeding pair. The clowns were laying eggs in the other guys tank. I just tried feeding them and they ate a little bit they are just kinda scared still to go all the way up. Breathing seems normal.

 

[JayM]

The videos don’t seem the be playable are they too long one is 20 seconds and the other about 10 seconds. I uploaded them straight from my camera roll on iPhone. Sorry I’m new to posting on reef2reef so not sure if the video needs to be a certain format.

Load video to YouTube and paste the link here.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Could be capture and transport damage. Clownfish pairings also sometimes break down when you move fish. I didn’t see anything alarming in the video.

 

[Bigfishie]

Could be capture and transport damage. Clownfish pairings also sometimes break down when you move fish. I didn’t see anything alarming in the video.

Thank you they seem to be doing fine I had a few people look in person and we all seem to came to conclusion that this is the way they look possibly just the colors fading into each other.