Goldfish's Mouth Got Red Today

tortuga

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Hi everyone, I got my first goldfish the other day, and today I noticed he has red around his mouth. I did some searching around on google and didn't find anything definitive, but I did find this forum and thought maybe I could get some advice for what is going on with my little gold friend. I've put some pictures below that may or may not be helpful. He lives in a tank with normal aquarium gravel and a bubbler, with a plastic plant that I've now taken out in case he was hitting his face on it. If you have any guesses as to what may be wrong, please let me know, I don't want to lose the little guy so soon! Thank you!

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Do you ever see him banging his head or running into the glass? That's all that I can think of right now.
 
He swims against the glass but I see fish do that all the time. I've never seen him run into it hard. He pecks at the gravel but I've seen goldfish do that and it never looks rough. If it is a wound, how long should it take to heal up? Thanks for the quick reply, any more theories?
 

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