Ohio Reef

Reef Discussion => Pests, Nudsiance Algae and Prevention => Topic started by: Ballyhoo on November 21, 2011, 09:49:55

Title: a "skin tag" on my clowns gill? I sure hope it isn't ich...
Post by: Ballyhoo on November 21, 2011, 09:49:55
Something on my clown...
About a week ago I had noticed a spot on my female, Mocha I believe, clown fish. I was moving the rocks around so i assumed that she had just bumped into something. That spot seems to have receeded, if not completely disappeared. My concern now is that she has something along the bottom of her right gill. It is whitish in nature and seems to stick off of her, almost like a skin tag. She is eating and swimming normally and has been fully living in my BTA, so idk if that can cause issues. I took a video of her, it is difficult to see, but it is most visible when she is in profile on the bottom of her right gill.

Speck on clown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzGwSLDs4go#)
Title: Re: a "skin tag" on my clowns gill? I sure hope it isn't ich...
Post by: Ballyhoo on November 21, 2011, 09:52:27
well...i watched the video from a computer and it's damn near impossible to see, i'll try for more/better pictures and get params when I do my WC in a little bit.
Title: Re: a "skin tag" on my clowns gill? I sure hope it isn't ich...
Post by: Kenn on November 21, 2011, 12:12:52
Yeah I looked real close at the video and didn't see it.

I shall await new pics :)
Title: Re: a "skin tag" on my clowns gill? I sure hope it isn't ich...
Post by: Neogenesis on November 21, 2011, 12:23:02
I thought I may have caught a glimpse of it....but like you said, tough to see.  It is possible a torn piece of skim from a scrape on the rocks?  Keep a close eye on it and if there is change it's time to start treating, otherwise I would just monitor closely.