Clownfish burns

bignose · #1 07-26-2009, 07:31 PM

I have 2 clowns that host my zoanthids and are getting burns from them. Is this a problem that can cause issues for the fish?

aquatechy · #2 07-26-2009, 08:07 PM

hate to break it to you, but it would have negative long term effects. The one I can think of right off the back is that the burns would compromise the fish's mucus layer, which leaves it vulnerable to ick and parasites.

My advice, remove the zoo's.....

sorry, but is must be done.

You dont want to endanger Nemo, do you?

marie · #3 07-26-2009, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by bignose

I have 2 clowns that host my zoanthids and are getting burns from them. Is this a problem that can cause issues for the fish?

What do you mean by burns?...I doubt that it will have any serious long term effects on the fish. If the fish are continually getting hurt then they will go elsewhere to sleep

bignose · #4 07-26-2009, 09:36 PM

They are on their bellies. They like to lay on top of the zoos when they sleep.

marie · #5 07-26-2009, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bignose

They are on their bellies. They like to lay on top of the zoos when they sleep.

If its just black spots that your talking about then you can quit worrying. for some reason clown fish can get dark pigmentations when using some corals as hosts.

Pazil · #6 07-26-2009, 10:47 PM

My Percs in the past have gotten white bumps (1 each) from hosting in the frogspawn... the bumps went away after about a week and have not returned.

pterfloth · #7 07-27-2009, 03:46 AM

My tomato clown did that for a while and got a whitish burns on it. Didn't hurt it and it stopped hosting in the zoas after a while.

BlueWorldAquatic · #8 07-27-2009, 06:24 AM

We have a reascued maroon clown that got burns from hosting on things she shouldn't have, lost both pectoral fins from burning that caused a bacterial infection that alnost killed her

Aleks · #9 07-27-2009, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by marie

If its just black spots that your talking about then you can quit worrying. for some reason clown fish can get dark pigmentations when using some corals as hosts.

Werd...my clown gets them too, I suspect from the frogspawn.....Doesn't seem to bother him at all

bignose · #10 07-27-2009, 03:53 PM

I didn't think that zoas would burn my clowns. Funny how they host them, they stick their heads between the zoa polyps for awhile and then flop over.