Black spot on Clown fish

[reena]

Hi,

I noticed a clearish spot under the mouth of my clown fish a few weeks ago. It has been feeding well and has been swimming well. Today I noticed that the clearish spot has gone black! It's raised just under its mouth. I have been monitoring it's eating and she doesn't seem to have any problems. Could someone give me an insight into what it could be? Oh I have no corals in my tank. I have 2 clowns (Male and female), sand sifting star fish, 4 hermit crabs, & 4 Turbo snails.

Kind Regards,

Reena

 

[Krish]

I'll move the thread into Lee's forum to get his take. He's our resident fish expert here. Hopefully it is nothing serious.

 

[crazyfish253]

Has any fish been picking on the clown fish vice a versa?

 

[reena]

Hi Crazyfish253,

No. As far as I have seen it's the one with the spot on it that is a little agressive towards the male clown.

Regards,

Reena

 

[crazyfish253]

I've got a naso tang that I just added and a damsel is picking on him. The damsel was strikeing him in one spot now hey has a black spot there. I'm guessing its a bruise or a spot healing?

 

[leebca]

These generally fall into one or more of about 3 groups: Injury, Pathogen, Disease. Injury is broken down into two main groups -- from abuse or from interaction with another marine life form. You don't mention whether this is the male or female Anemonefish. It might be an injury from its mate. If you've eliminated that kind of injury, then for the other you might want to consider what else might be in your tank in the way of benthic creatures, since you have no corals. By 'no corals' do you also mean 'no anemones?' Bristles worms are often the source of what you have reported. If injury has been eliminated, then what is left is the other two. Without a set of good photos I can't tell much more on how to determine what this might be.