Six line Wrasse damaged lips/mouth

DiefsReef · Sep 9, 2021

Woke up a few weeks ago and found this Six line Wrasse with a damaged mouth.
He is eating and seems fine and i dont think it has gotten any worse.
I'm not sure if its disease or damage but need others opinions.
I was advised he may need treatment with antibiotics.

Sorry the pics aren't great, he's camera sky and moves fast.
Pics taken today:

This was taken Aug 24th and looks the same to me:

Thanks for any thoughts!

Other tank information :
6 months old
ReadSea Max 170 Cube display
70g total with sump
Ph 7.94 to 8.0
Temp 80
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Salinity 34ppt

Food:
Seachem MarinePlus flakes
Frozen Mysis/Brine

Other fish:
Tailspot Blenny
Clowns x2 (one Orane and one Black Storm Clown, the Black is a bully!!)
Purple Firefish

fishguy242 · Sep 9, 2021

@Jay Hemdal @vetteguy53081 ?? TIA.

DiefsReef · Sep 9, 2021

fishguy242 said:
@Jay Hemdal @vetteguy53081 ?? TIA.

Thx Bud!

Jay Hemdal · Sep 9, 2021

DiefsReef said:
Woke up a few weeks ago and found this Six line Wrasse with a damaged mouth.
He is eating and seems fine and i dont think it has gotten any worse.
I'm not sure if its disease or damage but need others opinions.
I was advised he may need treatment with antibiotics.

Sorry the pics aren't great, he's camera sky and moves fast.
Pics taken today:

This was taken Aug 24th and looks the same to me:

Thanks for any thoughts!

Other tank information :
6 months old
ReadSea Max 170 Cube display
70g total with sump
Ph 7.94 to 8.0
Temp 80
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Salinity 34ppt

Food:
Seachem MarinePlus flakes
Frozen Mysis/Brine

Other fish:
Tailspot Blenny
Clowns x2 (one Orane and one Black Storm Clown, the Black is a bully!!)
Purple Firefish

Ouch! I'm surprised the wrasse is still feeding!

So - the problem showed up overnight? For me, that seems to rule out Lymphocystis (a common viral disease) as that would normally start as small white lesions that grow larger with time, and may spread to other parts of the fish. Showing up suddenly seems to point to an injury. This sure looks like a secondary bacterial infection.

Normally, I would advise to more the fish to a treatment tank and dose with a broad spectrum, gram negative antibiotic. However, if the lesion seems stable, and the fish is still feeding well, I worry that doing so would incur undue stress to the fish.

Jay

DiefsReef · Sep 9, 2021

Jay Hemdal said:
Ouch! I'm surprised the wrasse is still feeding!

So - the problem showed up overnight? For me, that seems to rule out Lymphocystis (a common viral disease) as that would normally start as small white lesions that grow larger with time, and may spread to other parts of the fish. Showing up suddenly seems to point to an injury. This sure looks like a secondary bacterial infection.

Normally, I would advise to more the fish to a treatment tank and dose with a broad spectrum, gram negative antibiotic. However, if the lesion seems stable, and the fish is still feeding well, I worry that doing so would incur undue stress to the fish.

Jay

Thank you Jay! I watched him closely tonight after feeding and hes eating well. I do have some Melafix I can dose to maybe help him heal. Not that I wanna make the whole house smell like tea but if it help...