Fish white lips

[BigBoss88]

I have a coral beauty angel fish and his lips are all white, what can this be?

 

[ihavecrabs]

I have a coral beauty angel fish and his lips are all white, what can this be?

Any chance of getting a picture?

Did you recently superglue a frag to a plug or rock work? Does it look like cauliflower, fuzzy, or just discolored?

 

[BigBoss88]

IT LOOKS JUST LIKE THIS. NO I ONLY HAVE LIVE ROCK AND FISH

 

[Humblefish]

Looks like a bacterial infection.

I recommend combining Furan-2 + Seachem Sulfaplex (or API Triple Sulfa) in a QT. The sulfa drugs seem to do better for treating mouth infections.

 

[BigBoss88]

do you know what are the reasons for diseases and how to avoid them? my water parameters are always perfect but this is about the 3rd fish i loose that gets a disease

 

[Maritimer]

Bacteria can enter the body through any injury - and angelfish tend to use their mouths fairly aggressively.

The antibiotics Humblefish mentioned will take on a wide variety of bacteria, but should be administered in a separate "quarantine" tank.

~Bruce