clown fish sick?

[fau8]

Okay I am confused with a diagnosis. I have 4 false percs and one tomato clown in a 75 gallon. All the fish are 1 inch to and 1 1/2 in size. I noticed that one of the clowns had 2 small black dots that appeared on differents spots and different sides of the fish. I assumed it to be an out break of black ick. The next day each of the clowns had 1 or 2 black dots but no more. The spots are a little bigger than a pin head. I removed all the clowns to a hospital tank and treated with copper. They have been there for 5 days now with no change and no ill effects. I also have a flame angle and a yellow tang no signs of black dots and I think I can rule out black ick. I was going to fresh dip one of the clowns to see if that was change any thing but at this point have desided to hold off. I did remove one of the clowns and tried to examine the dark spot. It is under the skin and does not appear parasistic. Could it be from them acclimating to an aneneme. I have a sebu and carribean carpet in the tank?

 

[rod buehle]

Its most likely a melanism from accepting something that is not a natural host to the clowns. Its not harmful. The copper probably causes more harm than the black dots. Are they hosting is some frogspawn, zoanthids, mushrooms?

 

[fau8]

To date I haven't actually seen any of them host. But the tank is full of mushrooms, a bubble coral, and ricardia. They are all tank raised and came directly from OCA.
On a side note I have a nasty coral banded shrimp that will be removed as soon as I can catch him. He killed my anthia yesterday, but lost it to the sebea anemone. I would not have believed but my wife actully got a picture of the anemone sucking in the anthia.

 

[dse]

Originally Posted by fau8
http:///forum/post/2739205
To date I haven't actually seen any of them host. But the tank is full of mushrooms, a bubble coral, and ricardia. They are all tank raised and came directly from OCA.
On a side note I have a nasty coral banded shrimp that will be removed as soon as I can catch him. He killed my anthia yesterday, but lost it to the sebea anemone. I would not have believed but my wife actully got a picture of the anemone sucking in the anthia.
turn off your light at night and see where they go retreat to that should give us an answer...... hopfully