Is This Something I Should Be Worried About?

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Hello everyone,

I was looking at my tank today, and I noticed that my female clown has this brown string on her stomach, I’m guessing it’s just 💩, but I wanted to double check, it’s still on there as of now.

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Your clown looks fine to me and good body weight. I would not worry.
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These clowns appear to have ich and should be placed in a quarantine tank right away and treated with coppersafe at 2.25ppm for a full 30 days along with any other fish in the tank leaving display tank fishless for 6-8 weeks to allow parasites to die off without a host fish
 

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These clowns appear to have ich and should be placed in a quarantine tank right away and treated with coppersafe at 2.25ppm for a full 30 days along with any other fish in the tank leaving display tank fishless for 6-8 weeks to allow parasites to die off without a host fish
I don't see any evidence of Ich in the Video. The first pic looks troubling but I think there is something on the OP's glass
 

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I don't see anything alarming with this fish.....the spots are on the glass, no spots in the video.
 

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Hello everyone,

I was looking at my tank today, and I noticed that my female clown has this brown string on her stomach, I’m guessing it’s just 💩, but I wanted to double check, it’s still on there as of now.

IMG_0343.jpeg IMG_0345.jpeg
Yes.... spots are on glass and was assumed ich, again the importance of assuring the tank glass and lens are clean and proper lighting for accurate assessment
 

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