Black spots on the Clarkiis

[jamesthefisherman]

Help. These black spots appeared on my fish about a month ago, in my 6mo old tank and do not seem to be getting any better. Is this caused by rubbing on the LR or some thing else?

[travisurfer]

do they host anything? Also, how many clarkii's are in your 6?

[RayWhisperer]

do they host anything?

That's what I was gonna ask too. Anything, corals or anemone?

[Travis]

My Clarkii has it too as do most all clownfish varieties. The widely accepted theory is that it is caused by stings from coral/anemones and is harmless to the fish. Although, my Clarkii dosn't host anything and still has the spots lol.

[The Propagator]

Do you have any anemones at all in there? Any type that would try to sting it?

Other than that I would say its just a color morph.

 

 

EDIT: It "could" be an internal parasite.

 

Have you tried medicating?

[jamesthefisherman]

Do you have any anemones at all in there? Any type that would try to sting it?

Other than that I would say its just a color morph.

EDIT: It "could" be an internal parasite.

 

Have you tried medicating?

 

I do have Galaxea and a torch coral in the tank, no anemones, but the spots appeared before the corals where added. I have not tried medicating. I guess they are ok then I just wanted to make sure they are healthy. My PH was around 7.0, I was able to raise back to around 8.2 recently hopefully this will also help. Thanks

[The Propagator]

Well now theres an interesting twist to this thing.

You had him in water with a ph of 7.0 ?

YIKES !!!!

Expect more wierd changes then as he recovers.