Some help please - pic added

[OCDP]

That does not look like black ick to me. It looks like your clowns have been rubbing up in something (a coral) and it's giving them the spots. My clowns have this as well, the rub up on LPS corals like Frogspawns...

Do yours do this?

[mr_alberta]

I agree with Scott. My clowns as well got this after hosting in some Xenia. I believe its a skin irritation. It went away after I removed my Xenia and has not come back since.

[McNasty]

DOes not look like black ich to me, I had a tang who i thought had black ich, turned out was normal ich but from rubbing and being alittle bleached looking appeared to have black spots, but when i turned the lights on fully the spots disappered.

[adidas]

i looked closely at my clown ans he had the little specs everywhere, looked like black ich. But he is acting fine..

[Noj]

Thanks for the input.

I have not seen them rub up against any of the corals (although they very well could be). The only time I have seen them rub is when they get into the front corner of the tank and do a bit of rub on their sides. They seemed to do that for a week or so. But I haven't seen them do it yet today.

The only coral they are ever really near is the frogspawn. Do they need to actually get right in there and rub up against the coral? Or does just passing over and grazing every once in a while cause irritation?

Originally Posted by adidas

i looked closely at my clown ans he had the little specs everywhere, looked like black ich. But he is acting fine..

are the black dots smaller then my dots? or do they look very similar?


Thanks

-Cam

[JasonJ]

my clowns also has black spots. but its from rubbing against corals.
if the black dots arent raised..then its definately just skin irritation. they usually come and go.

[Noj]

Originally Posted by JasonJ

my clowns also has black spots. but its from rubbing against corals.
if the black dots arent raised..then its definately just skin irritation. they usually come and go.

When you say come and go, how long do they usually last for? Just so I can keep a close eye on them and be sure of their health.

Thanks for the reassurance!

-Cam