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08-23-2006, 08:36 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Altona,Manitoba Age: 29
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 |  Maroon clown skin peeling?
i have a gold striped maroon clown who is hosting a bubble coral and recently his skin is peeling underneath his mouth, is the bubble coral stinging him or is it a disease of some sort? He has been hosting this bubble coral now for about six months and i have not seen any other problems, but i only noticed recently that he seems to "clean" the coral with his mouth. Any ideas?
thanks
Peter 
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08-23-2006, 08:40 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
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It looks like it has an open wound. Did it get injured some how? You might want to consider placing it in a QT tank and treating with a broad spectrum antibiotic if it looks like a wound and is progressively getting worse. The other possibility is that the fish has Brooklynellosis! Check out this site. BrooklynellosisArt _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
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08-23-2006, 09:57 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Vancouver Washington Age: 33
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A lot of times clowns will clean rocks and coral scuffing their mouth. They can also get pretty aggressive about fanning sand away with their fins. I have a 4-5 inch sandbed and most of my clowns have fanned out the sand to make a hole that goes all the way to the bottom glass. They will scuff their bodies up by doing this behavior too. I just looked at the pic and that looks pretty bad. Is it just the one clown? or do you have a pair? I can tell you, the clown in the pic is a female...By the dark color and the color and size of the bands. I hope she gets better for ya. Mine gets that same white stuff on her side quite frequently but never that bad. Gl | |
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08-23-2006, 10:31 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Altona,Manitoba Age: 29
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this is the only clown in the tank, and i don't think the clown got injured at all atleast not from other fish, the clown is the boss of the tank, I have never seen the clown fight with other fish she only chases the Damsels away if they get to cloes to her territory
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08-23-2006, 10:40 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
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I would go with Ravens advise and medicate pronto, that is a fairly deep would. _________ Yes, tiny has an 11" legspan......  | |
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08-24-2006, 04:21 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Altona,Manitoba Age: 29
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thanks for the responce everyone i'll medicate as soon as i can
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