Clown Fish Liver Spots?

[intarsiabox]

One of my clowns has some light brown shadowing in little patches under the skin. It looks like liver spots on a person. The fish is behaving normally and it doesn't seem to be bothered at all by it. It is also 6 years old. Does anyone know what it might be? Hard to get a picture as it won't stay still and it is only on one side of its body. I added a few new corals from frag fest but no new fish for months.

[sharuq1]

Some seem to just get more black, or in this case spots as they get older. In other cases they get the markings from rubbing on certain corals. I don't think it is anything to be concerned about unless it looks "fluffy", raised or is eating away at tissue or the like.

[intarsiabox]

http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/xx255/intarsiabox/Grade3058.jpgWell, I was able to get a picture after all!

[Leah]

Age spots!

[intarsiabox]

If that's all it is I guess there's not much I can do about it. I hope he doesn't get wrinkley too!:razz:

[Keri]

Looks a little like a sting from a coral to me, if that's the case it should go away eventually. Doesn't look like disease. Nice Clown :)

[intarsiabox]

Looks a little like a sting from a coral to me, if that's the case it should go away eventually. Doesn't look like disease. Nice Clown :)

Another person told me it looked like a zoanthid sting. My clown usually avoids all corals in my tank so maybe he lost his resistance over the years?

[Drock169]

I think they call it hyper melanization, usually the result of some sort of sting.

[intarsiabox]

I guess all I can do is keep an eye on it to see if it gets worse.

[subman]

+1 on the sting. Mine had the same thing when they started hosting in a torch after a while it all went away.