Cichlids with sores on thier "lips"

andy5268 · Jun 21, 2004

i have 2 cichlids with some white sores on the tops of thier lips, i did a large water change yesterday in case it was bad water quality. Any thoughts? Thanks the cichlids are from an importer and pretty expensive, i'd like to maske sure they survive.

Thanks! Andy

peifc · Jun 21, 2004

Possibly mouth fungus if it starts to become cotton like.

andy5268 · Jun 21, 2004

That sounds like it, anyway to fix it? How did it start?

JSchmidt · Jun 21, 2004

The link below details several skin disorders and possible treatments. If you look down the list of symptoms to L or M, these are probably your best bets.

http://www.fishyfarmacy.com/fish_diseases/skin_disorders.html

Good luck,
Jim

valerie · Jun 21, 2004

My fish sometimes get white lips also but in my case its due to lick locking.

Do your fish's white lips look like jsut white skin or do they look fuzzy or "infected". What sort of cichlids are these? Are they aggresive have you seen them fighting?

Leopardess · Jun 21, 2004

http://www.aquamaniacs.net/flex.html

flexibacter would be my first guess

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