Help! Can someone tell me what's wrong with my clown?

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I came home from work and noticed he's not swimming like he normally does so I took a closer look and on his right cheek, there's a single white spot. Can anyone tell me what this is?


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I came home from work and noticed he's not swimming like he normally does so I took a closer look and on his right cheek, there's a single white spot. Can anyone tell me what this is?


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Does it look like a cotton ball?

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Not really, it's just a flat white spot, can't tell if it's a bite mark or parasite/disease. He's eating though.


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Is there another clown with him?

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Yes, but they're together all the time so idk, they're together again lol. Maybe they were mad at each other earlier. Seems to be acting normal now


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I thought maybe it was a sting from the anemone but couldn't find any pics of a sting mark on a clown


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I thought maybe it was a sting from the anemone but couldn't find any pics of a sting mark on a clown


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Unless it was a sting from a carpet i doubt it was from a RBTA. I think they were fighting specially if their mouths are white and swollen.

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the female caught the male clown looking at a female tang because he wanted to try something different. maybe some pictures with only white lights might help
 
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Could be lymphocysts (spelling?)... have you checked your nitrates lately? Or is your tank new... possibly an ammonia spike? Lympho usually indicates poor water quality... I've experienced it in my QT tank before.

Its hard to tell from your pics and I'm not a disease expert by any means.
 

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Yeah, it's strange I swore they were a mated pair. They never leave each other


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I had a pair for 2+ years sold it and the guy that had it added a flower pot for them to start breathing and the female beat the crap out of the male, sadly the male died, he gave me back the female to QT since his tank had ick. So sometimes things don't work out between them.
 
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Could be lymphocysts (spelling?)... have you checked your nitrates lately? Or is your tank new... possibly an ammonia spike? Lympho usually indicates poor water quality... I've experienced it in my QT tank before.

Its hard to tell from your pics and I'm not a disease expert by any means.
Hm couldn't find any clear pics of lymphocytes, but my tanks been running for 4-5 months, corals seem happy though and the other clown seems fine


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I had a pair for 2+ years sold it and the guy that had it added a flower pot for them to start breathing and the female beat the crap out of the male, sadly the male died, he gave me back the female to QT since his tank had ick. So sometimes things don't work out between them.
I guess everyone has relationship problems once in a while


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