white lips on coral beauty

mynfel

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I just got a coral beauty (small) angelfish last week. It seems to be doing fairly well, but I've noticed the last few days its lips are turning white - seem a little puffy. It doesn't seem to feed when I put food in the tank - spirulina, etc, but it has been picking like crazy on any algae on the glass and it seems to be feeding off the live rock.
What I'm wondering is if it's a disease (cotton mouth?), or could it be from something else in the tank. I have mostly soft corals, mushrooms and the like - although I am battling a large aptasia infestation at the moment. I also have a Florida condi - but it seems to have taken residence deep into the rock.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be great.
mynfel
 

mynfel

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In case anyone cares...the white color is receding at this point. I haven't actually done anything with the fish - it started eating really well, so maybe the color was stress induced.
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