I recently purchased 2 percula clowns, not sure if they are black perc's or not as they have only a small amount of black on them but are not bright orange.
Anyways i noticed shortly after i had introduced them to my tank the th larger of the 2 had what appeared to be a rather large gash on the side of its head. Naturally i was cursing at myself for not noticing this at the LFS and waited for it to die and belly up.
Only it didnt. The little fella just kept swimming around happily. Upon closer inspection i saw it was not a cut but rather part of the fish's gill flap thingy (gill cage?) was missing and what i took to be bright red blood was actually its gills!
As far as i can see theres no exposed flesh theres just a bit of him missing.
Could it be maybe an old wound that has since healed over? Is this going to be a major problem for him in the future?
Thanks in advance for any input here
