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Clown black spots… Paravortex?

April 26, 2017Black clown paravortex spots

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Clown black spots… Paravortex?

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Hi everyone, I have had a pair of ocellaris clowns now for about 4 years, they have had black spots on and off over this period. I never really worried about it since most people say it is common. Lately though I got curious about it since it didn’t seem to come and go with their ever changing choice of “hosts” in the tank. I had read one account that said this was caused by a kind of bruising as they adjusted to their new homes. In the last few weeks it was getting pretty heavy on them and I even saw a few other parasites on them. Since I hadn’t added anything to the tank in over a year, and QT everything that did go in I found it strange. Thought maybe the two were connected somehow. Now there were no spots on the white bars only on the orange portions of their bodies. But to deal with the white spots they were taken out and are now in a 10 gal tank. On the way in they got a FW dip for about 10-12 min. Within a min or two all of the black spots were gone.