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Topic: Help My Clown! mouth stays open.
Posted By: scfurse77
Subject: Help My Clown! mouth stays open.
Date Posted: February 04 2016 at 10:10pm
Hey guys i'm little worried about this guy "Stockton" for the last 2 or 3 days this mouth open syndrome has gotten a little worse each day. What should i do? What happened? All my other coral and fish are doing great. the other Clown is doing fine also. 






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Posted By: reefer86
Date Posted: February 05 2016 at 12:19am
Can you see if there is something inside of the mouth? Is the fish eating? you might want to reach out to reefdup for advice. Ive heard of parasitic isopods that eat clownfish tongues (as well as other fish).


Posted By: scfurse77
Date Posted: February 05 2016 at 9:29am
I can't see anything stuck in his mouth. He had been eating until last night. But he wasn't having anything last night. And it still looks the same this morning.


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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: February 06 2016 at 8:06am
I agree it can be a parasite living in the mouth/throat, or a tumor, usually unseen and ultimately deadly. Dead 
For this condition, my next thought is a long shot solution, but have you been using a food supplement to inhibit parasites?

Aloha,
Mark  Hug

P.S.
If the clownfish gets near death, remove it ASAP so as to avoid the possibility of the parasite or it's offspring, if it is a parasite, becoming waterborne and taking up residence in other fish. Some parasites reproduce upon the death of their host.



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Posted By: scfurse77
Date Posted: February 07 2016 at 12:21am
He died tonight. Not sure what it was, I didn't see anything stuck in his mouth or throat. I got him out right after he died. all other fish seem to be doing great.

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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: February 07 2016 at 9:24am
Sorry for the loss. Unhappy

I forgot to mention that a freshwater dip can sometimes help for certain issues. It must be done early, while the fish is still strong enough to handle it. Unfortunately, a weakened fish placed in a freshwater dip usually dies anyway, not only from the dip, but from the stress of being caught and moved.

If this was a parasite, and it was large enough to cause the mouth to stay open that wide, a freshwater dip probably would have taken so long to kill the parasite, that it would have also killed the fish. On the other hand, a day or so in a container of tank water to which a parasite killing chemical had been added, may have done the job. Unfortunately, there are very few hobbyists that keep that kind of medication around.

FYI:
- a parasite may not be visible to the eye and is usually the same color as fish tissue
- a parasite(s) can grow on the gills and interfere with breathing/O2 exchange so that the fish keeps it's mouth open to enable more water to pass over the functioning area of the gills
- Ich can infest the gills to the point of distress but still not be visible in great numbers externally

Aloha,
Mark  Hug

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Posted By: scfurse77
Date Posted: February 07 2016 at 12:40pm
Thanks for the info mark. 

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