madtom
New Member
Hi all,
New member here and new reefer. I've had freshwater tanks on and on for the past couple of decades but am new to the marine world. I started a 25 gallon nano tank in mid February this year. About a month later after completing my nitrogen cycle I added a pair of ORA percula clowns drop shipped from their facility. Some trochus snails, brittle stars, LPS and encrusting corals were added a couple of weeks ago.
The pair of clowns have been doing great, very active, eating well, and showing courtship behavior. Last night, I noticed a white spot on the side of the female clown. I have never dealt with flukes before but that was my initial thought. I was also thinking it could be some kind of scale damage. The pair are very actively cleaning rocks, spiraling around together, and showing other signs of courtship so I was wondering if some damage could have happened during all this frisky hoopla. This whitish spot will kind of jiggle as she moves. Photo and video attached. Maybe once a week or so I will also notice her getting some streaky whitish feces. I would hate to rush and do a freshwater dip and unnecessarily stress her but I don't want this to go without some opinions from folks more experienced than me.
I appreciate the help!
Tom
New member here and new reefer. I've had freshwater tanks on and on for the past couple of decades but am new to the marine world. I started a 25 gallon nano tank in mid February this year. About a month later after completing my nitrogen cycle I added a pair of ORA percula clowns drop shipped from their facility. Some trochus snails, brittle stars, LPS and encrusting corals were added a couple of weeks ago.
The pair of clowns have been doing great, very active, eating well, and showing courtship behavior. Last night, I noticed a white spot on the side of the female clown. I have never dealt with flukes before but that was my initial thought. I was also thinking it could be some kind of scale damage. The pair are very actively cleaning rocks, spiraling around together, and showing other signs of courtship so I was wondering if some damage could have happened during all this frisky hoopla. This whitish spot will kind of jiggle as she moves. Photo and video attached. Maybe once a week or so I will also notice her getting some streaky whitish feces. I would hate to rush and do a freshwater dip and unnecessarily stress her but I don't want this to go without some opinions from folks more experienced than me.
I appreciate the help!
Tom
