Clown Goby white spot

HolyGrailTorch Lover · 2026-06-04T11:39:59-0400

Got this Clown goby from my local fish store today, is this normal?

tbrown · 2026-06-04T11:42:44-0400

I assume you're referring to the face? That's not normal, no.

HolyGrailTorch Lover · 2026-06-04T11:45:24-0400

Do you think it is any desease?

tbrown · 2026-06-04T11:46:27-0400

HolyGrailTorch Lover said:
Do you think it is any desease?

I would say yes, either that or something has been bullying it.

@Jay Hemdal

tbrown · 2026-06-04T11:47:42-0400

The tail and fins make it looks like a potential disease but I'm not great with identification. Maybe a marine velvet or ich.

HolyGrailTorch Lover · 2026-06-04T11:49:49-0400

tbrown said:
I would say yes, either that or something has been bullying it.

@Jay Hemdal

I don’t know if it got bullied in the fish store but in my tank he is alone with an escenius bicolor and I haven’t seen any aggression

vetteguy53081 · 2026-06-04T12:03:21-0400

HolyGrailTorch Lover said:
Got this Clown goby from my local fish store today, is this normal?

This fish is extremely thin and issue looks to be bacterial
Is it eating and what are you feeding it?
Treatment in a separate tank will be seachem neoplex

HolyGrailTorch Lover · 2026-06-04T12:05:05-0400

What would you do right now?

HolyGrailTorch Lover · 2026-06-04T12:19:17-0400

vetteguy53081 said:
This fish is extremely thin and issue looks to be bacterial
Is it eating and what are you feeding it?
Treatment in a separate tank will be seachem neoplex

I have only fed him one time because I got him today and he ate actually quite a few frozen artemia shrimps