Dark spots on my sabae clownfish

[harrywwh]

Hi

Bought 2 sabae clownfish last week, both around 1 inch, very healthy and fight aggressively among them for the anemone. I though if bought 2 same size and place them in tank simulteanously, it might be pair up, but it had been 8 days, they are still fighting, so should I wait and see or seperate them immediately? don't know why, their body develop dark spots these couple of days. The rest of fish is ok.

Water parameter:

NH3 - 0

N02 - 0

NO3 - 50

TEmp - 27.5 - 29 deg C with fan on

Weipro 2011 skimmer

[alanseah]

i think both fish are male or female..

the dark spot might be from the result of fight..

why dont add one more in.. then might be able to balance it and avoid the fight

[xiggie]

might be due to some parasites .. sealice or something .. seen some on my clown clining to the body ... they drop off leaving dark spots on clown... they usually attack at night /lights off .

[eaquarist]

Indeed it could be a result of disease. Have seen this on many common clowns before. Called the Black Ich, it is caused by parasitic flatworms.

You can read more about it here. http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/compldiag.../a/aa041701.htm