Marine Velvet?

[bg7003]

Hey,
I haven't put any live stock into my 20 gallon tank in a couple months and when i was looking at my maroon clown today, he had a lining of white around his pectoral fins and like a white spot or two on his forehead. I have a cleaner shrimp in the tank with him. The lining around his fins is very hard to see. I just noticed this today and give my tank a through inspection everyday. Could this be marine velvet?

 

[SkiFletch]

Nearly impossible to say without pics. Marine velvet is a difficult diagnosis, often mistaken for parasitic infection with the fish just excreting mucuous to try and make itself feel better

 

[bg7003]

ok thanks. I'll post some pics a little later today.

 

[Colin_T]

Check your water quality and salinity while you are at it. Fish produce excess mucous when they are stressed out and the most common stress factor is poor water quality.