Hello,
For a few months, my black clownfish has had white spots come and go, although they looked more like mucous plugs than anything else. Yesterday, however, I noticed that these white spots were more numerous and looked more raised. This morning, there are even more. However, I cannot find any behavioral symptoms that would indicate a typical parasite. No flashing or heavy breathing, and she swims and eats just fine. If I were looking at these pictures without any background info, I would most certainly say that this would be ich, or even velvet. However, over the past few days there have been no changes to the clown’s day to day routine, or any of the fish for that matter. I’m quite puzzled by this, and though I am leaning towards playing it safe and putting all the fish in my quarantine tank (which is currently housing corals recovering from a separate incident), I highly doubt I’ll have any luck catching majority of them, without tearing the whole tank apart. Additionally, my angelfish has grown quite a bit since the last time in quarantine, so would certainly have a rough time back in there.
I would love to have some advice here, and what my best course of action should be. Are these still only mucous plugs, or is this starting to become an issue? Could this even be a bacterial or viral infection?
For a few months, my black clownfish has had white spots come and go, although they looked more like mucous plugs than anything else. Yesterday, however, I noticed that these white spots were more numerous and looked more raised. This morning, there are even more. However, I cannot find any behavioral symptoms that would indicate a typical parasite. No flashing or heavy breathing, and she swims and eats just fine. If I were looking at these pictures without any background info, I would most certainly say that this would be ich, or even velvet. However, over the past few days there have been no changes to the clown’s day to day routine, or any of the fish for that matter. I’m quite puzzled by this, and though I am leaning towards playing it safe and putting all the fish in my quarantine tank (which is currently housing corals recovering from a separate incident), I highly doubt I’ll have any luck catching majority of them, without tearing the whole tank apart. Additionally, my angelfish has grown quite a bit since the last time in quarantine, so would certainly have a rough time back in there.
I would love to have some advice here, and what my best course of action should be. Are these still only mucous plugs, or is this starting to become an issue? Could this even be a bacterial or viral infection?