Black ich ?

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I dont know much about the disease but on my clownfish I noticed black spots , and would like to know how to cure it, or if its something else, kinda hard to tell from pic but you can see the black splotching,
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Black ich looks like black salt grains. That looks like random coloring.
A better photo would help
 

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Clowns can get black spots from anemone stings.

If black ich is spotted, it's pretty easy to deal with. Prazi will do it.
 

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I appears that clown is right next to that Euyphilia, which can sting the fish and cause those black spots.
 
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Well I don't have a anemone, I heard freshwater dips have some effect is that true?
 

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Im thinking anemone sting. Try a freshwater bath and see if it seems to clear up
Better terms for this effect is Paravortex which are small and appear as grains of black spots. These have a single host life cycle producing several juveniles. This cycle lasts about 10 days and adhere to fish in poor health. They form a cocoon like fibrous structure in the substrate in which they are able to reproduce and find a new fish to host on., within which they reproduce and therefore re-infect
 

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Well I don't have a anemone, I heard freshwater dips have some effect is that true?

Many euphyllia corals especially hammers and frogspawn have a sting nearly as bad or worse than many anemones. In the first picture you posted I see a frogspawn so it's very likely that or another coral in your tank caused this mark.
 

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