Tomato clown spots

Discussion in 'General Reef Topics' started by reeftrons, Jul 18, 2009.

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  1. reeftrons

    reeftrons Astrea Snail

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    I have recently purchased a pair of tomato clowns. The smaller of the two is naturally taking a bit of dominance gaining abuse from the larger one, but nothing that is overly aggressive. My concern is that the smaller one is now developing some dark/black spots on his body. I do not have any experience with Tomato Clowns so I was wondering if any one else has heard of this or knows why this may be happening. Is this natural, or is it possible that the fish has contracted a disease. I will try to take a picture, but they are quite active so I doubt it will happen. Thank you for any input!
     
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  3. cira050

    cira050 Torch Coral

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    pictures would be nice but if im thinking correctly, the spots are harmless. Clownfish usually get those spots when they have been hosting a coral such xenia, GSP, zoos, hammer, torch, etc. Has it been hosting anything recently? The dots will actually go away if it stops hosting too.