concerns about my new clown career
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2025 6:56 pm
Hi everyone,
I'm in need of some urgent advice, my tank's only about 4 weeks old and I've had my first fish, a clown, for a week now. Everything's been going smoothly until I got home today and noticed a small white patch just below his eye, near his mouth - it's only on one side, though. He's swimming fine with the other clown, but keeps going off to sit in the corner by himself. I'm about to feed them to see if he'll eat anything.
I have to admit, I'm a bit worried. I tried taking a picture, but it doesn't show up well. I've looked it up and it doesn't seem to be an itch - it's more like a crescent moon shape and it's slightly raised if you look from the front.
My tank's 180 litres, with a pH of 8, salinity's a bit high at 1.027, but nitrites are 0, nitrates are 50, and ammonia's 0.
What could be causing this? I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me out here.
I'm in need of some urgent advice, my tank's only about 4 weeks old and I've had my first fish, a clown, for a week now. Everything's been going smoothly until I got home today and noticed a small white patch just below his eye, near his mouth - it's only on one side, though. He's swimming fine with the other clown, but keeps going off to sit in the corner by himself. I'm about to feed them to see if he'll eat anything.
I have to admit, I'm a bit worried. I tried taking a picture, but it doesn't show up well. I've looked it up and it doesn't seem to be an itch - it's more like a crescent moon shape and it's slightly raised if you look from the front.
My tank's 180 litres, with a pH of 8, salinity's a bit high at 1.027, but nitrites are 0, nitrates are 50, and ammonia's 0.
What could be causing this? I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me out here.