What in the world?

[CarmieJo]

I came home tonight and it looks like my maroon clown has stuff on its nose. The stuff is silvery/white and it sticks up from the surface a little. It does not look fuzzy like a fungus. It was not there yesterday. Whatever it is my clown is acting normal and does not seem to be scratching. Here is a picture http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f198/CarmieJo/DSC_0130_clown_stuff.jpg

Any ideas what this might be?

[gwen_o_lyn]

aww cute pic!

I wouldn't worry. My clowns always seem to have white things come and go. He could have tried to eat a bristleworm or something and scratched his mouth all up. I would keep an eye on him for any abnormal behavior or the white stuff getting bigger.

I've successfully done freshwater dips on my clowns for a natural treatment.

[PreauxPhoto]

Mine gets it all the time especially when he starts digging i think (like gwen) he just scraches it up a bit.

[CarmieJo]

Mine gets white "milk spots" all the time but I had never seen anything that looked like it was raised. Anyway, when I got home tonight the stuff is gone with just a little spot left. Weird, huh?

[wwest]

He might of just had a cold, it is the time a year for temp change and colds :) lol

[CarmieJo]

Well it did look like a little kid with a snotty nose. :) Sure hope my next cold clears up overnight, must be the GARLIC!

[wildeone]

Mine had a small white spot on his chin about a week ago. Two days later, and it was gone.

[fat walrus]

Mine had a small white spot on his chin about a week ago. Two days later, and it was gone.
stop feeding your fish powdered donuts.

[PSH]

stop feeding your fish powdered donuts.

But they are cheaper than fish food.

[fat walrus]

But they are cheaper than fish food.
In that case, may I suggest bagels? They are low fat, boiled rather than fried, contain far less sugars and no enriched flour, and best of all.......they are kosher.

[PSH]

But are they powdered?

[CarmieJo]

I don't know about powdered but our local bagel shop has cinnamon sugar ones that are delicious. Of course they probably don't have any of the benefits of real bagels!