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bottom lip

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Question
some of my fishes mouths are dropping down and protruding. some are neons, baloon mollys, and orange mollies. what causes this? there bottom lips look like there pouting.. thank you  tammy

Answer
Hello,

It is hard to tell from your description but it is either a fungus or bacterial infection. The best way to approach this would be to use a combination of Melafix(antibacterial) and Pimafix (gets rid of fungus). Because these two go hand in hand, it will insure the problem is fixed whatever it is without mixing too many medicines and causing any water quality issues.

I hope this helps,
From Stephanie