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my 2 yr. old clown is getting black colored areas on the sides and bottom, the organge has turned black, it does not look like a disease etc. is this an aging effect?? anyone else see this???
 
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Perfectly normal, it's called melanism.

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David Mohr
 
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knucklehead":2q4z82d1 said:
Isin't that the opposite of what Michael Jackson has?

:D

No, it has nothing to do with missing testicles.
 
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acasden":36p77zxb said:
so it's aging???

A 2 year old Clown is still very young so it's not really aging. I see it more with Clownfish that are using a stinging animal as a host. I don't know what it is but as David says it's normal and very common. I think it's just a skin reaction to nematocysts but I don't really know.
 
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You know i've noticed that my 7 year female GSM's center bar has been been getting thinner and thinner lately. Is this from aging?
 
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Guy":wct12aav said:
acasden":wct12aav said:
so it's aging???

A 2 year old Clown is still very young so it's not really aging. I see it more with Clownfish that are using a stinging animal as a host. I don't know what it is but as David says it's normal and very common. I think it's just a skin reaction to nematocysts but I don't really know.

this seems plausible to me. i had a maroon that hosted in my xenia. after some time, his color got darker.
 

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