Spots on Clownfish

[bsharding1982]

Can anyone tell me what is going on with my clownfish? He seems to be acting fine otherwise. He eats very will. I feed New Life Spectrum and my mysis shrimp. My female clown looks great though.

 

[BelleReef]

It looks like it might be ich or velvet. If it’s ich you should be able to count the spots, with velvet there will be too many to count.

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