Spots on Maroon Clown

[jarrod]

I have a Maroon Clown that has been healthy and still swims, eats, ect just fine. He's in a 90 gal. 4 month old tank. Water conditions are great and the only friends he has with him-Blonde Naso Tang, & Physcodelic Manderine. The clown is only about 3 in. long, so he's not an old man yet lol. The problem we have is he has 3 spots on 3 different fins that are tan-brownish color. They appeared about 1 month ago as specks. Now they are a little bigger, and more like bumps. We tried to see if they would rub off, but they won't all we did was make him very mad. These spots have not appeared on his other two friends and they aren't wounds. No other discolorations, slime, ect, just these spots. Any clue?

 

[beth]

How big are the spots? Can you get a pic?

 

[jarrod]

They're a little bit smaller than a pencil lead. How do you take pictures? Everytime I've tried they come out fuzzy.

 

[beth]

Are the spots "rasised" as if attached to the fins, or are the fins just discolored? Clowns do have coloration changes as juveniles. If you have a digital camera, then you can just take the pic then post it.

 

[jarrod]

They are raised bumps. That's my problem I don't have a digital camera. Been looking at them, but all my extra money goes to the fish.

 

[beth]

You haven't seen but a few [the same] since you got the fish? I'm think black ich, but the tan color really isn't right.

 

[jarrod]

Yes, just the three spots and nothing else. The other fish haven't shown any symptoms.