Does clownfish have parasites!? HELP!!

[dedragon]

are you talking about twitching? If so its a sign that they are pairing up.

 

[dedragon]

also recheck your water parameters

 

[Nem1clownfish2]

No I do not mean twitching. They are already doing that and it looks nothing like that.

 

[dedragon]

without a picture of the "black pimple" in question, its hard to say. But I reiterate unless they were exposed to another water source (like water or rock from LFS) there should have never been any parasites introduced, if there were ora would be in huge trouble

 

[Nem1clownfish2]

I did 2 days ago my parameters are all good. Ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 2 temperature 79-80 PH 7.9 salinity 1.024 dkh 11-12 calcium 450. All good. I am working on raising the PH though.

 

[dedragon]

I would check the levels again

 

[Nem1clownfish2]

They are from ORA why would they be in trouble?

 

[Nem1clownfish2]

It was only 2 days ago and they have been having these symptoms for a while!

 

[dedragon]

because they are a fish breeding facility and if there were parasites around they risk their own breeding stock as well as customers never trusting them ever again.

 

[Nem1clownfish2]

It is hard to get a picture of the black pimple becuse it is always on the black part if the clownfishes body on the edges of the tail.

 

[dedragon]

thats why I am asking if you have ever used water from the LFS fish tanks or live rock? If you started with dry rock and newly mixed salt water there would be no way for a parasite to be introduced into your tank.

 

[Nem1clownfish2]

Well they were for sure from ORA I am positive that is the whole reason I ordered online cuase I heard they where such a good breeding facility. And I wanted healthy clownfish.

 

[dedragon]

neither rodi nor tap water would introduce parasites

 

[Nem1clownfish2]

Yes I started with dry live rock and newly mixed saltwater.

 

[Nem1clownfish2]

Well then were are these symptoms coming from? They are for sure not normal symptoms.

 

[Nem1clownfish2]

Could pre-mixed saltwater have parasites?

 

[dedragon]

if this was happening before you got the anemone, it wouldnt be parasites. I did forget you got that so possibly introduced something with the anemone if you put the water from the bag into your tank. Hard to really say without better videos where they are doing the behavior in question. From what I have seen they look like normal clowns

 

[dedragon]

No new mixed saltwater cannot

 

[Nem1clownfish2]

Yes they started happening before I got the anemone

 

[Nem1clownfish2]

But what about the symtoms?