New clownfish seems pricked

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Hello, I added 2 days ago to my recently cycled tank a pair of clownfish, and I noticed the big one seems to have some points in the skin pricked, what do you think it is?

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Thank you in advance!
 
i think you might have meant "my new clownfish are pricks" because that would check out lol. but they look fine to me. bigger one was probably chasing the smaller one and brushed against a rock
 
i think you might have meant "my new clownfish are pricks" because that would check out lol. but they look fine to me. bigger one was probably chasing the smaller one and brushed against a rock
 
Hello, I added 2 days ago to my recently cycled tank a pair of clownfish, and I noticed the big one seems to have some points in the skin pricked, what do you think it is?

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Thank you in advance!
Clowns squabble and bite at each other but looks to be urchin puncture. If no urchin, can be running into a blunt object
 
Thank you all for your responses, no urchin or anything that can be blunt in my tank, only added a Devil hand, it might came like this from my LFS.
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@vetteguy53081 I think it just ran into a sharp rock while chasing. No infection or excess mucous, so its just monitoring at this time, right?
If im being honest the smaller one not being beat up right now is a really good sign.
 
@vetteguy53081 I think it just ran into a sharp rock while chasing. No infection or excess mucous, so its just monitoring at this time, right?
If im being honest the smaller one not being beat up right now is a really good sign.
Yes , monitor and that too is a suspect cause
 
Thank you! I am going to keep and eye on them.
I'm trying to remove the unanswered tag from the post, but I don't know how appreciate an admin help with this
 

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