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Theresa_M        Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004    | Lights on today and my flag acara's mouth is apparently stuck in a kissing, big O-shape. Any ideas what could have caused this, and is there anything I can do about it? I'm worried that it won't be able to eat; I'm also concerned because tomorrow we're heading out of town for a long weekend. temp 76° pH 7.6 nitrIte 0 ammonia 0 nitrAte 10 no new fish, plants, ferts, food, etc normal dinner-time feeding last night last water change 20% 11/17 cichlids, angels, cories, BN, loaches   ~~  ~~Last edited by Theresa_M at 24-Nov-2004 08:32[/font][/font][/font] ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean |
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Callatya   Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001   | Can you see anything stuck in there? snail shell? pebble? something like that? Looks like its physically wedged. |
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ACIDRAIN  Moderator Posts: 3162 Kudos: 1381 Votes: 416 Registered: 14-Jan-2002   | I have never seen it in this particular fish, but it appears to be dislocated. Its chance for survival will have to yet be determined. I have had a few fish, and seen more, that have dislocated their jaws. Most compensate and do survive. But some however do perish. You can try to put it back in, the only problem is, once this happens, they usually will just dislocate again, the next time the fish eats or gets into conflict. To less stress the fish, I recomend you just let it go and see if it can eat OK. If not, you might try pushing it back in. HTH.... There is always a bigger fish... |
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| Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004 | Thanks so much for the quick replies. It looks a little better now, still open a bit but nowhere near how it was in the pictures. When it was still wide I could see pretty much clear into its mouth, so I don't think anything was stuck. So how does a fish dislocate its jaw? ~~ ~~[/font] ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36 | |
| ACIDRAIN Moderator Posts: 3162 Kudos: 1381 Votes: 416 Registered: 14-Jan-2002 | I have seen several A compressicepts have this happen to them, some while fighting, others while eating. I also had a Lionfish of about 8 years, dislocate his while eating. I tried painfully (got stung twice) several times to relocate it, but everytime, it just fell out of socket as soon as he tried to eat. Their mouths are hinged, and sometimes while jetting these hinged mouths out, they dislocate at the socket that they normally slide in. There is always a bigger fish... |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36 | |
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004 | it could of got scared and wacked its mough against the glass. I know my ID sharks do this, then fall to the gravel and knock themself out. |
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| Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004 | Solved the mystery during this morning's feeding. Seems little acara is trying to eat cichlid food that's a bit too large for him/her: Theresa_M attached this image:  ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean |
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| Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001 | Ahhh, that'd do it  greedy little man |
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