Clown Fish White Face and Lower Lip

[Royce024]

Hi

My lightning maroon clown fish has a white lower lip and now this white spot on her face since yesterday. I had this fish since 2019. I felt like she always had white lips, but it is my first time seeing this on the face. She's the most aggressive fish in the tank, always chasing other fish and bullies my blue tang every morning. I believe she killed a few fish in the past when she was in my 265 gallon tank. She is paired with another lightning maroon clown. There are also 4 sea urchins in the tank. Maybe she bumped into them? She moves around the tank like normal. Seems to have a lot of energy.

The fish is in a 5 feet 155 gallon tank with another lightning maroon, blue tang, bristletooth tang, lyretail anthias, blue-green chromis, and pink streaked wrasse. The tank is new and I set it up around April, moving livestock and rock from an older tank. I run UV and a skimmer. Salinity is at 1.026 SG. Temp at 78 F.

 

[fish_collector]

I'm not a clownfish kind of guy but that is a good looking maroon! It appears to have some kind of trauma to it's mouth, but nothing I would get too alarmed with at the moment. If you could safely get him out and into a hospital tank, a few days with some antibiotics would go a long ways to helping him clear up whatever is going on. Erythromycin is easy to get and pretty cheap/works well for this sort of thing, Petsmart has it on the shelf.

And nice minimalist tank scape, I like it.

 

[Uncle99]

Hi

My lightning maroon clown fish has a white lower lip and now this white spot on her face since yesterday. I had this fish since 2019. I felt like she always had white lips, but it is my first time seeing this on the face. She's the most aggressive fish in the tank, always chasing other fish and bullies my blue tang every morning. I believe she killed a few fish in the past when she was in my 265 gallon tank. She is paired with another lightning maroon clown. There are also 4 sea urchins in the tank. Maybe she bumped into them? She moves around the tank like normal. Seems to have a lot of energy.

The fish is in a 5 feet 155 gallon tank with another lightning maroon, blue tang, bristletooth tang, lyretail anthias, blue-green chromis, and pink streaked wrasse. The tank is new and I set it up around April, moving livestock and rock from an older tank. I run UV and a skimmer. Salinity is at 1.026 SG. Temp at 78 F.

Maybe a disagreement be it minor it looks like.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi

My lightning maroon clown fish has a white lower lip and now this white spot on her face since yesterday. I had this fish since 2019. I felt like she always had white lips, but it is my first time seeing this on the face. She's the most aggressive fish in the tank, always chasing other fish and bullies my blue tang every morning. I believe she killed a few fish in the past when she was in my 265 gallon tank. She is paired with another lightning maroon clown. There are also 4 sea urchins in the tank. Maybe she bumped into them? She moves around the tank like normal. Seems to have a lot of energy.

The fish is in a 5 feet 155 gallon tank with another lightning maroon, blue tang, bristletooth tang, lyretail anthias, blue-green chromis, and pink streaked wrasse. The tank is new and I set it up around April, moving livestock and rock from an older tank. I run UV and a skimmer. Salinity is at 1.026 SG. Temp at 78 F.

This looks to be a result of glass surfing in which the clown chases its reflection up and down the glass. If not, may have a minor disagreement with tankmate. Should heal on its own however keep an eye on it for healing and not bruising

 

[Royce024]

Thanks all. After a few hours, the white spot is less noticeable.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Thanks all. After a few hours, the white spot is less noticeable.

Good. As it heals, pigments will darken