Black spots on my fish

[Jigsaw1982]

I have recently noticed a few small black spots on my clownfish. Each spot is about the size of the tip of a needle. Although these spots are small, they are noticeable. My clownfish hasn't been acting funny or anything. He still eats fine but I'm just worried and hoping if these spots are the symptoms of some sickness I can cure it by catching it early.

[leebca]

There is a group of parasites that burrow into fishes and break blook vessels. The blood turns black. Only those black spots are seen, not the parasite itself. This is called Black Ich. Check the Internest for photos of fishes with this and see if your fish's spots looks the same.

The cure is doing BOTH a series of FW and a series of Formalin dips.

[Jigsaw1982]

There is a group of parasites that burrow into fishes and break blook vessels. The blood turns black. Only those black spots are seen, not the parasite itself. This is called Black Ich. Check the Internest for photos of fishes with this and see if your fish's spots looks the same.

The cure is doing BOTH a series of FW and a series of Formalin dips.

What is "FW and Formalin dips"?

[leebca]

The Fresh Water (FW) dip procedure is given in a sticky in this Forum. The only thing you'd do different than the given procedure would be to limit the time of the dip to 8 minutes max.

The Formalin treatment process is given in a sticky in this Forum.

Those are the two procedures for the treatment of Black Ich. Does this answer your question, okay?