Unknown black spots on clownfish

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I’ve had this clown about a week now and noticed these black spots forming on its sides I have no coral or anemones at the moment any ideas what it could be
 
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Sorry about your Clown. You may have tried to post a picture or video, but it didn't seem to come through 🙂
 
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I’ve had this clown about a week now and noticed these black spots forming on its sides I have no coral or anemones at the moment any ideas what it could be
Please post video using white light intensity, no blues and I suspect coral/anemone stings known as hypermelanization
 
I’ve had this clown about a week now and noticed these black spots forming on its sides I have no coral or anemones at the moment any ideas what it could be
Please post video using white light intensity, no blues and I suspect coral/anemone stings known as hypermelanization
Also I don’t have any corals or anemones at this time
 

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