Weird White String Coming from inside Clownfish mouth?

[Conski]

My Clown has a weird white string coming out of his mouth. i thought maybe it might of just been clenching it but i fed it and while it ate it was still in there..

swimming fine like normal doesnt appear to be messed up in anyway.. just a bit concerned.. any ideas?

 

[Cheech]

Never seen that before, but a google search suggested mouth rot? apparently a type of fungus.

Were you able to take a pic?

 

[Amphiprion]

Hard to say. Do they have an anemone and/or coral host? Could be some mesenterial filaments, which I've seen them ingest before. It doesn't sound like something terribly serious, but it'd still be good to have a pic, like cheech suggested. Careful observation for a while would be good, noting any symptoms, loss of appetite, etc., as well.

 

[Conski]

ill try to get a pic but its a spazz! The pair of them host a giant green neon leather

 

[Ace25]

Silly question, but are you sure it isn't a hair? I once had a maroon clown bite a piece of cat hair that stuck to its mouth for days.. finally I had to catch it and pull the hair out by hand.

Off topic.. but did you see these clowns? First time I have heard of these.
Spotcinctus Clownfish

 

[Conski]

i dont know i pay close attention to theyre behavior everyday... i dont clean my tank as often as i used to but i pay attention to it and this happened over night.

i thought about yanking it but i figured id wait a few days

on your other note, no i havent seen those yet but they are very cool clowns haha... kinda of want them now, reminds me very much of my first grade b Picasso!

 

[Cheech]

Off topic.. but did you see these clowns? First time I have heard of these.
Spotcinctus Clownfish

Don't mean to hijack, but have you seen these guys? Platinum clowns. A local shop is selling them.




They also have a pricetage of 600$.

D

 

[Ace25]

Ya, Platinum and Snowflakes have been around for a couple years now.. IMO they are the ugliest clowns around and they always have a high price tag, although $600 is higher than I have seen. Normally they are $200ea. To me they look like a clown that jumped out of a tank and right into a can of white paint.

 

[Cheech]

^^ lol right with you on that one.

 

[Amphiprion]

Other than melanistic ones, I'm not personally a fan of any of the "domesticated" variants. I don't want my clownfish be like guppies, platies, and goldfish. Not that there is anything wrong with those fish in particular, but they are nothing like their wild counterparts, which I still prefer.