bcerveny Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Benny, my false clown' is getting dark spots under his skin. He is eatting great and is very active. These spots are on his orange part only. No spots on the outside. What do you think. Link to comment
Acoustic Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Far as I know...I believe it to be a genetic defect due to massive farm reproduction for the pet trade. This is due to a lack of genetic diversity. Link to comment
bcerveny Posted April 27, 2004 Author Share Posted April 27, 2004 Benny and I are releaved. I appreciate your input. Brian Link to comment
jmt Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Is he hosting in anything? Some clowns develop black spots from being stung by their hosts. Link to comment
bcerveny Posted April 28, 2004 Author Share Posted April 28, 2004 Benny is not hosting in anything, but I do have a shrimp who "plays" with him during feeding. I have wondered about the shrimps "tentacles". Link to comment
ninhsavestheday Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 the shrimps cleaing the clown Link to comment
c_hemmerich Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 what kind of shrimp is it? Link to comment
bcerveny Posted April 28, 2004 Author Share Posted April 28, 2004 My shrimp is a scarlet cleaner, with a thyroid condition. Link to comment
c_hemmerich Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 sorry can't help with that guy, don't know enough about him Link to comment
Kool-cat Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 Shrimps fine, I got a cleaner in my tank with a clown, antennas touch it all the time Link to comment
bsk997 Posted May 6, 2004 Share Posted May 6, 2004 My tiny litle false clown has these black spots that just appeared about a week ago as well. I have a friend that has a pair of clowns that have just developed these black spots too. Neither are being stung or hosting to anything so I don't think that's the reason. All of them looked good for about 2-3 weeks then the black spots appeared out of nowhere. :| I have never seen these type of black spots before. Do they go away after awhile? Link to comment
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