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jmraquarium
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Registered: 01/04/10
Posts: 2

	01/04/10 at 12:20 PM	Reply with quote	#1

Hi all, We just got a new aquarium and made sure the salt and other levels were good for a few weeks and then started off with a cleaner kit and two clown fish, one of our clown fish has a whitish (pink underneath) bump left behind it's eye and it looks like another slight one is starting to develop. It's swimming fine, eating right, interacts well with the other clownfish and does not show any other signs. Any idea what it could be? I know nothing about fish disease and I'd like to keep the tank healthy. Help! Thanks, Edith Attached Images:
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Registered: 07/18/09
Posts: 748

	01/04/10 at 06:37 PM	Reply with quote	#2

Could be some type of parasyte. That's really weird! Maybe Shaun knows? __________________ 12 Gallon Nano Reef 15 LBS of Vanuata Live Rock Penguin 550 Wavemaker pair of Red Banded Pistol Shrimps paired with a Hi Fin Red Banded Goby Sexy Anemone Shrimp Red Leg Hermit Crab 2 Blue Leg Hermit Crabs Nassarius Snail Astrea Snail Tonga Fighting Conch Turbo Grazer Snail (Destructo) Mysterious Coral (Might be a trumpet or candy cane) Candy Cane Coral Nepthea Tree Coral Green Star Polyps 2 Green Ricordia Mushrooms Fruit Loops Zoanthids Atomic Green Zoanthids Plenty of Hitchhikers! UPDATED 3/26/10!!!! Animals Rule!!!!!! R.I.P. Dragon Eel (Freshwater) WORKING ON A 125G BUILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now with an AquaC EV-400 Protein Skimmer!
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Registered: 12/15/09
Posts: 128

	01/08/10 at 01:21 PM	Reply with quote	#3

Honestly, I am not too sure either. I would recommend taking the fish out of the tank and placing him in a hospital tank and treat him with copper sulfate. That should kill any parasite or bacterial infection. Good luck! __________________ Shaun at Vivid Aquariums Happy Reefing!
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