Red area on clownfish

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Hey guys, I’ve noticed some red spots on my clownfish about 4 days ago now. I’ve started doing some digging and was wondering if anyone can diagnose this little guy for me, kinda worried it might be uronema. I don’t notice it on any other tank inhabitant, it’s just this clown. There have been no new additions for the past year, he’s still eating great and Ive been mixing selcon into their food for about half a year now. Find a video attached below, I appreciate your help
 

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Often we refer to this as clown bruising and seen in Tank bred specimens. It gets better o worse over time. Selcon is an immunity booster and wont necessarily heal this
 

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Often we refer to this as clown bruising and seen in Tank bred specimens. It gets better o worse over time. Selcon is an immunity booster and wont necessarily heal this
 

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Hey guys, I’ve noticed some red spots on my clownfish about 4 days ago now. I’ve started doing some digging and was wondering if anyone can diagnose this little guy for me, kinda worried it might be uronema. I don’t notice it on any other tank inhabitant, it’s just this clown. There have been no new additions for the past year, he’s still eating great and Ive been mixing selcon into their food for about half a year now. Find a video attached below, I appreciate your help

That appears to be a severe case of “clownfish bruising”. The cause isn’t known, and because it is internal, no treatment is possible. Here is a thread I started on this:

 

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