A lump on a wrasse's lips?

[floral9]

Title's got me wondering, should I be worried. Just got my hands on a redhead fairy wrasse - he's absolutely stunning. There's this white lump on his lip though, and it's got me a bit concerned.

Only saw him for the first time tonight since I brought him home on Sunday. He doesn't seem too fussed about it, but I'm a bit uneasy. Any ideas what it could be?

He was at the local fish store for a while before I picked him up, so I'm not sure if that's a factor. To be honest, I didn't really notice it when I was checking him out in the shop - the tank was pretty high up, so it was hard to get a good look.

[flynix]

he seemed fine in the shop, didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. possibly a mouth fungus, had a similar issue with my clowns, used melafix and it cleared up in 3 days.

[floral9]

How do you administer melafix to your clowns, was it just a matter of adding it to the tank or did you do a separate treatment?

[flynix]

I just dose the tank with melafix, turn off or remove the skimmers and carbon, then treat for 7 days - the dose depends on tank size, I think it's 5ml per 40 litres, so just follow the instructions for that.

[floral9]

Isn't tea tree oil similar to melafix? I'm pretty sure I read that somewhere. What about using it with inverts, would that be safe?

[flynix]

its basically tea tree oil, extract of it anyway. as far as i know its reef safe, seems like a natural remedy so didnt cause any issues in mine.

[zenoxa]

I've used Melafix before, had great results.

[fleeton]

It's reef safe and worth trying in this case. Just remember to switch off that skimmer and take out the carbon while you're treating the tank.

[floral9]

I'm thinking of giving Melafix a go, but I've got a pretty big tank with a sump, so I'd need to dose it up. Would you recommend turning the sump off during treatment as well? That might make things a bit easier.

Do I need to remove the carbon and turn off the skimmer in the sump too?

Shibby, got any Melafix lying around at your place, or maybe some leftover I could borrow?

[flynix]

Leave the sump running, just stop the skimmer and activated carbon, that way the treatment can do its thing.

We've got heaps of it, get a big bottle, it's really useful stuff, my little bottle treated a massive 890 litres of water, so a big one will be good for thousands of litres.