Clownfish got white lips all of a sudden?

Hi there,

I purchased a clownfish on Friday to pair with my other clownfish (both false Percs). Today, it didn't eat anything and was breathing heavily with its mouth opening and closing continuously. Its lips are white like lipstick....


Should I wait till morning and take it to the LFS or.....? What would you do?



Thanks.

 

weird.. maybe a fungus?

 

Take back to LFS or put in a separate tank? :-\

 

Have you noticed them fighting? One time when my clowns got into a little tiff and my small male came out of it with a white mouth from injury. His lower lip/jaw just kind of hung open and was white.

Just an idea. Is it fuzzy? Could be fungus. Or could be bacterial...

 

Supposedly it was fungus. I woke up this morning and my starfish was eating it....

 

Oh no, so sorry to hear.