White spots on clown pair

[marcosnano]

I have clown pair who are looking healthy until I noticed those marks on their body.
They are breathing normaly, eathing normaly, they are active and everything seems fine about that.

Make sure to spot the spots on their bodies on video and not spots on glass.

Lately they started to host this torch coral. Is it possible that coral sting them or it is sickness?

Thank you.

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[Dom]

Can't see the spots you mention. Can you take some stills under white lights and circle the spots in question on the photo?

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

Were they quarantined before going into the tank?

Clowns usually get dark marks if stung by coral.

This looks like ich to me. If it is, you'll need to treat all fish with copper in a qt tank.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have clown pair who are looking healthy until I noticed those marks on their body.
They are breathing normaly, eathing normaly, they are active and everything seems fine about that.

Make sure to spot the spots on their bodies on video and not spots on glass.

Lately they started to host this torch coral. Is it possible that coral sting them or it is sickness?

Thank you.

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The spots dont appear to be parasitical but may be secondary bacterial lesions or even remnants from a past sting. The clowns moving around make it hard to confirm. Can you provide a couple of pics under white lighting?

 

[marcosnano]

They were paired in LFS for weeks alone in tank without any fish.
I didn't QT because they are only fish in the tank.

 

[marcosnano]

Here is the photo under white lights.

White lights stressed them out a lot, they ran away to the torch and female was semi-agressive to male. First time I'm seeing that.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Here is the photo under white lights.

White lights stressed them out a lot, they ran away to the torch and female was semi-agressive to male. First time I'm seeing that.

Those spots are not coral stings. I suspect they are bite marks. Clownfish do not always "play well", yet you may not see the issue because when you enter the room and watch the fish, they will stop bickering to watch you. Also, each spot is from a single bite. Think about it - there may be 6 or so spots on both fish. Each bite would have taken a split second to occur - over a period of days, you would never see it happen.

If the pair bonding in the two fish increases, this should resolve. However, in some cases, the fish start to fight more, so you'll need to keep an eye on it. Ripped fins can be another sign.

Jay

 

[Dom]

Here is the photo under white lights.

White lights stressed them out a lot, they ran away to the torch and female was semi-agressive to male. First time I'm seeing that.

Aggression between two clowns is common until they decide which will be the dominant of the pair.

I'm not sure those spots are Ich.

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[vetteguy53081]

They were paired in LFS for weeks alone in tank without any fish.
I didn't QT because they are only fish in the tank.

Agree on bite marks as the larger being female is often the aggressor. Its known as clown jierarchy in which female is a bully and will hog all the food, chase the male, claim territory in the tank and take over an anemone and other areas of tank. Isolation often helps but not always.

 

[cliam]

I have clown pair who are looking healthy until I noticed those marks on their body.
They are breathing normaly, eathing normaly, they are active and everything seems fine about that.

Make sure to spot the spots on their bodies on video and not spots on glass.

Lately they started to host this torch coral. Is it possible that coral sting them or it is sickness?

Thank you.

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I think it is ich

 

[MnFish1]

I think it is ich

I do not think it's ich - the spots don't really look like Ich. The unfortunate thing is that he did not QT the fish - which would make it less likely to be Ich. I'm curious - what symptoms/etc make you think it might be Ich?

 

[marcosnano]

Agree on bite marks as the larger being female is often the aggressor. Its known as clown jierarchy in which female is a bully and will hog all the food, chase the male, claim territory in the tank and take over an anemone and other areas of tank. Isolation often helps but not always.

Thanks, it's sure a relief for me not having a sick fish at this moment.

As for this pair, they get along well, I bought them as a paired fish, female is much larger, they are always together, sleeping together, but I noticed some aggression when they are under stress, for example last night when I turned the white lights female start beating male and they were visibly under stress.
Male will be super aggressive towards my hands if I'm doing some work in tank, while female will be hiding in rocks.
Female likes to sit up sand and make big whole for both of them and male is cleaning one particular part of the rock close by.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Thanks, it's sure a relief for me not having a sick fish at this moment.

As for this pair, they get along well, I bought them as a paired fish, female is much larger, they are always together, sleeping together, but I noticed some aggression when they are under stress, for example last night when I turned the white lights female start beating male and they were visibly under stress.
Male will be super aggressive towards my hands if I'm doing some work in tank, while female will be hiding in rocks.
Female likes to sit up sand and make big whole for both of them and male is cleaning one particular part of the rock close by.

This behavior you mention is a sure sign of setting up area for eggs. Male is attacking as its protecting the area/tank.

 

[marcosnano]

This behavior you mention is a sure sign of setting up area for eggs. Male is attacking as its protecting the area/tank.

Yeah, that is what I was thinking too.

Any reason why would female bite him sometimes, other then "love is tough" ?

 

[MnFish1]

Yeah, that is what I was thinking too.

Any reason why would female bite him sometimes, other then "love is tough" ?

LOL - you got it 'love is tough'. the actual answer is that clownfish like cichlids want to make sure their mate is strong enough to protect the eggs. Thus many fish that lay eggs and guard them display this behavior.

 

[marcosnano]

LOL - you got it 'love is tough'. the actual answer is that clownfish like cichlids want to make sure their mate is strong enough to protect the eggs. Thus many fish that lay eggs and guard them display this behavior.

Nice.

Nature is beautiful.

 

[marcosnano]

Not so beatiful

They are more injured then yesterday, female has a scar on face and male has big damage on body.

They are paired for months, I don't know why are they fighting...