Whites patches suddenly showed up on clownfish face

[jaysreefs]

One second there was nothing there, then notice my clownfish in the corner breathing slightly fast and had these on its face.

my params:
8 dKH
460 calcium
1350 Magnesium
0 ammonia
0 nitrites
0 nitrate
35ppt salt gravity
Tank has been running 7 months

I’m thinking it might have gotten stung by something in my tank. Currently have couple of sps frags, 3 hammers, 1 acan, 1 goniopora and my RBA. My other clownfish is doing just fine and swimming around normally.

 

[fishguy242]

Hi ,welcome to the reef .
sorry to see,let's get some expert help here, best wishes.
@Jay Hemdal @vetteguy53081 ,TIA

 

[vetteguy53081]

Would have loved to see some side shots of its body.
How is its breathing
Is it eating or has stopped
Is fush hanging by surface?
Is it acting lethargic at times ?

Most stings will be black marks/dots and not white.

 

[jaysreefs]

Would have loved to see some side shots of its body.
How is its breathing
Is it eating or has stopped
Is fush hanging by surface?
Is it acting lethargic at times ?

Most stings will be black marks/dots and not white.

I had just fed it right before and it had its normal crazy appetite goes after all the food before the male even has a chance. Nothing visible on its body, also Color is not faded at all, and not hanging out by the surface. It is near the middle/bottom and the fast breathing does not seem like it is gasping for air but rather like something stressed it out.

Only thing I forgot to mention was that I have some digitate hydroids, could they have done something if it tried eating them? Because this fish has a tendency to pick at things(my guess is pods) the rocks.

 

[jaysreefs]

Would have loved to see some side shots of its body.
How is its breathing
Is it eating or has stopped
Is fush hanging by surface?
Is it acting lethargic at times ?

Most stings will be black marks/dots and not white.

here’s a video, my lights are about to turn off for the night so it’s a bit dark and my clown looks black and white in the video but it’s mostly orange with some black.

breathing isn’t as rapid as before now and is swimming around more then before. Still nothing showing on its body though just what we can see on its face and it doesn’t look like ich.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Digitate hydroids do pack a punch with stings
Can it be, hard to say. Could be bacterial. Will see if I can open video in a bit- won’t open in my phone

 

[vetteguy53081]

here’s a video, my lights are about to turn off for the night so it’s a bit dark and my clown looks black and white in the video but it’s mostly orange with some black.

breathing isn’t as rapid as before now and is swimming around more then before. Still nothing showing on its body though just what we can see on its face and it doesn’t look like ich.
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Was able to watch video. Overall - behavior seems normal. Not parasitical nor seems like sting. Could very well be post injury with discoloration. Keep an eye on it for progression of healing and not worsening.
You could entertain having med on hand just in case. Ruby Rally pro or kanaplex are good ones to have

 

[jaysreefs]

Was able to watch video. Overall - behavior seems normal. Not parasitical nor seems like sting. Could very well be post injury with discoloration. Keep an eye on it for progression of healing and not worsening.
You could entertain having med on hand just in case. Ruby Rally pro or kanaplex are good ones to have

So today no more white patches can be seen on its face and seems to have gone back to normal from what I can tell. Not sure what happened but hopefully all is well. Thank you!

 

[Sharkbait19]

Could have gotten into a fight with the other clown. Might explain it hiding in the corner.

 

[vetteguy53081]

So today no more white patches can be seen on its face and seems to have gone back to normal from what I can tell. Not sure what happened but hopefully all is well. Thank you!

As suspected. Glad outcome is positive

 

[Sharkbait19]

Update: It took a few hours to get the tank all prepared, but I finally got Luxo into quarantine, and I’m waiting on the goby to fall for the trap. Definitely velvet, or something of the nature. The skin is very fuzzy. There are a couple prominent spots that look like ich, but the spots seem way too wild for that.

The goby is eating pellets like a pig while the clown has stopped eating altogether. No elevated breathing, but I’m still not too confident in the clown’s survival…


I’m going to lower the lighting time in my tank while the velvet is around, but not too much as I don’t wanna harm the corals. I was planning on expanding my CUC so maybe I’ll do that at the start of fallow.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Update: It took a few hours to get the tank all prepared, but I finally got Luxo into quarantine, and I’m waiting on the goby to fall for the trap. Definitely velvet, or something of the nature. The skin is very fuzzy. There are a couple prominent spots that look like ich, but the spots seem way too wild for that.
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The goby is eating pellets like a pig while the clown has stopped eating altogether. No elevated breathing, but I’m still not too confident in the clown’s survival…


I’m going to lower the lighting time in my tank while the velvet is around, but not too much as I don’t wanna harm the corals. I was planning on expanding my CUC so maybe I’ll do that at the start of fallow.

Just realized I put this in the wrong thread.
Sorry