White spots on clownfish?

[kdelrisco]

Hi everyone, I've just started my first saltwater aquarium and so far I just have a female and male clownfish. Recently I noticed that my female has two white spots on the same place on each side. Anyone know what it could be? The male doesn't have any at all. I'm still going through the cycling process with my tank my most recent test showed:
Ammonia: .25ppm
Nitrite: 2.0 ppm
Nitrate: 20ppm
I know I need to lower my nitrite levels before they get any lower, thinking about buying a water conditioner.

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Im not a disease expert but I can ping a couple of folks. Have you done a fresh water dip? Almost looks like flukes to me. We will get some eyes on it. @Big G @HotRocks

 

[kdelrisco]

I haven't done a freshwater dip, I'm very new to all this so I don't really know what that is

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Let's wait for the fish disease guys show up. Here is some info with a video that you can checkout if that is the route they recommend. If it isn't no foul, you learned something new.

Freshwater Dip

Freshwater Dip What It Treats – Provides temporary relief for a wide range of diseases: 1) Marine Velvet Disease (Amyloodinium ocellatum) 2) Brooklynella hostilis 3) Uronema marinum 4) Flukes (Monogeneans) 5) Black Ich (Turbellarians) Can be used to confirm the presence of Flukes (see video...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[kdelrisco]

Oh okay, thank you so much!

 

[hdsoftail1065]

@Flippers4pups

 

[Big G]

Are the spots smooth or raised up a bit?

 

[kdelrisco]

They're raised up a tiny bit, kinda like a tiny pimple

 

[kdelrisco]

I took her out of water with a net to touch them, they're very small, but they are small bumps on the scales

 

[Flippers4pups]

Freshwater dip to see if it's flukes.

 

[kdelrisco]

I'll do that tonight, thank you

 

[kdelrisco]

I did it for 5min, was heavily aerating the water with the opposite end of a gravel vac. At the 5 minute mark the fish turned super pale white so I put it back in the tank, pretty sure I almost killed it. The left face has what looks like some marks, but it's definitely different from the bumps it had earlier. The other side it appears to have completely disappeared. I'll check again tomorrow to see how it's doing. Thank you guys so much for the help, I'm a complete newbie at this and sometimes it's a bit overwhelming.