Coral beauty spots

[tzabor10]

Recently added a coral beauty to my 120 tank. It started fussing with my clownfish now both have faint white blemishes. It is a little tough to see because a diamond goby is busy stirring up the sandbed

 

[Sharkbait19]

Looks like it could be scratches from rocks or fighting. I would monitor to see if it gets better or worse, try to post clearer pics if able.

 

[Kmst80]

Agree with above. Keep the water clean.

 

[tzabor10]

A video might help. He was difficult to transfer. My wife thinks there could have been some net damage. We “quarantine “ by a 3 week observation to fatten them up and reduce social anxiety.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Net damage could definitely do that - when I had to catch mine to rehome it definitely got beat up.

 

[tzabor10]

Using a 10” trigger fleece roller, 250Int reefocto, scrubbing CO2, carbon and gfo reactors. Also added a icecap 40watt uv sterilizer. Water usually tests clean.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Recently added a coral beauty to my 120 tank. It started fussing with my clownfish now both have faint white blemishes. It is a little tough to see because a diamond goby is busy stirring up the sandbed

Coral beauty has bite marks and should heal as long as they are separated. Won’t be bad to have seachem kanaplex or Maracyn 2 on hand should those spots become infected

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

A video might help. He was difficult to transfer. My wife thinks there could have been some net damage. We “quarantine “ by a 3 week observation to fatten them up and reduce social anxiety.

Given the rip in the dorsal fin, I would see these are just missing scales from fighting with another fish. Flukes can cause skin issues like that, but not ripped fins.

Jay