Clownfish are fighting...Please help!

[kristi518]

I noticed today that my black and white clownfish has white spots on his body. It is not ich because they are too large and it kind of looks like he is missing scales. There is one little spot closer to his tail on one side and then on the other side there is a larger white spot and then another one near the top of the fish. I looked through the disease thread but nothing really looks like this and it is really hard to tell what he has because he is black and white. I have had him for almost 4 months and he is acting normal and eating everything like he always does. I give all my fish garlic and vita-chem every time that I feed them. All the other fish are fine. Please help!
125g
2 clownfish
yellow tang
2 anthia
2 firefish
blue damsel
sal: 1.027
ph:8.2
Ammonia: 0
Rite: 0
Rate: 0
Temp: 77 to 76

 

[beth]

Can you get a picture of him?
Might it be lymphocyctis, or did you rule that out when you looked at the Diseased Fish Thread?

 

[sepulatian]

It could be aggression if there are scales missing. We really need a picture to properly identify though.

 

[kristi518]

I think that the other clownfish is picking on him and I am going to move this thread to the clownfish one. Thanks for all your help!

 

[kristi518]

I have a black and white clownfish and a orange and white clownfish, I noticed since yesterday that the orange fish has started to pick on the black fish. There are in a 125g tank with other fish but the orange fish follows the black fish around the tank all the time and picks on it. I have had the black one for almost months and I got the orange one maybe a month later. The black one is larger than the orange one but I can not figure why they are all of a sudden fighting. Pleas help, I love my black and white clownfish and I dont want him to die because they are fighting.

 

[small triggers]

are they both perc's or ocelleris? are they one of each? if they are not the same unfortunetly they will probably keep fighting till one kills the other, if they are the same,, it could calm down.. but you may want to try and seperate them for a while again....

 

[beth]

I merged the topic you had in the Disease Forum with this one.

 

[kristi518]

To be honest, I am not sure. How would I be able to tell the difference? I spoke with the lfs and told them what was happening and he thinks that they are changing sexes. The black clown was larger than the orange clown but now the orange one appears to be getter larger. They have gotten along for almost 3 months just fine so why would this start all of a sudden.