faint white patch on clown

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  1. sweetriden76

    sweetriden76 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    faint white patch on clown...got better...

    heres a picture of my clown, theres a faint white spot on his side, I dont know what it is or how the best way to get rid of it is...hes acting fine now so I want to catch it quick hes fairly small, like 1.25-1.5 inches...TIA for any help, I hope hes gonna be ok, the pair of them seem to enjoy one another.
     

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  3. sweetriden76

    sweetriden76 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    no answers?...i really hope hes ok, anyone please, will a FW dip do him any good, if so how long in the FW
     
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    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    cant really see it in the pic. Can you get a pic without the flash?
     
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    sweetriden76 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I would but this morning its almost unoticable so maybe its getting better, he had some on both sides but it all seems to have almost dissapered, so I dunno if it comes back I will
     
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    i would think he will pull through, my 55g crashed hard and my 3 clowns didnt even bat an eye about it!! good luck though, give em clean water and alot to eat and they should do fine.
     
  7. sweetriden76

    sweetriden76 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    they dont seem to eat that much, they have only been in ther since tuesday though, I saw the one snatch something off of the rocks, the pseudochromis is eating well though and he has totally stopped bothering the clowns so I geuss they are just settleing in, I am gonna start hatching brine shrimp this weekend I think, and ill get them some different food also to entice them, I have bio-blend small pellets(more like tiny disc shaped pieces)now which says its for finicky fish, but ill get some other stuff this weekend
     
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    i feed them "Ocean nutrition brine shrimp plus flakes" and all my clowns, damsels and tangs love the stuff, even my 4 baby blacks.
     
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    sweetriden76 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    ok, I'll pick some up sunday, also thinking of getting a cheap brine shrimp hatcher and just hatching them for the fish, that way they will swim around till they get eaten rather then sink in the tank
     
  11. karlas

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    maby if the pseudochromis was bothering the clowns it could be a nick or scrape, some pseudos can be very territorial. or even maby a bump or scrape off the rock
     
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    Its looks to be a simple bruise maybe hit a rock I'm . As for a freshwater dip LOL I'd never have or never would apply that as a cure for anything.. If people under the physiology of the marine fish more would stop the practice And I don't even love animals :) I like them but if one needs to be put down I'll do it no problem. I just hope I can get the same treatment if or ever needed. But I have shoved a hood through a few worms butts LOL and ate .. Just Let the fish be a few days the stress of removing it if you can even would do it more harm then good. Oh physiology that is a real word right ? :) sounded good to me ;D