What in the world?

**CarmieJo** · 09-25-2006, 09:38 PM

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

Any ideas what this might be?

gwen_o_lyn · 09-25-2006, 11:04 PM

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 · 09-26-2006, 09:40 AM

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

**CarmieJo** · 09-26-2006, 06:56 PM

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** · 09-26-2006, 07:05 PM

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

lol

**CarmieJo** · 09-26-2006, 07:13 PM

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 · 09-26-2006, 10:28 PM

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

fat walrus · 09-27-2006, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by wildeone

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 · 09-27-2006, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by fat walrus

stop feeding your fish powdered donuts.

But they are cheaper than fish food.

fat walrus · 09-27-2006, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by PSH

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 · 09-27-2006, 01:55 AM

But are they powdered?

**CarmieJo** · 09-27-2006, 08:09 PM

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!