Help My Fish Has Huge Swollen Lips ! Pics Included

[ddyerfamily]

There is a bacterial infection of the lips/mouth I've seen on angelfish...

I think so also.

bigspizzIt looks like someone snuck in to your house and gave him collegen....No but seriously though I am just trying to get you to laugh...Now to the fish...



It looks like he was lip locking and perhaps got an infection. I would treat with an antibiotic and isolate him if this is the case.


The other guess is, if they are breeding, and the kids can get as close to the tank as your baby in the pic....He may be excessively hitting the glass. I had one get pretty swollen in the mouth, just not as bad as yours.

In either case, he should be isolated, and put somewhere where it can remain dark and quiet. I left my banged up brute in my basement for a few months because if it was not one thing it was another with him, and the solo darkness was/is the best thing to recover an overly aggressive con.

Don't worry about breaking up the pair. He will take right back to her like as if he were never gone when he returns from his break....Hope any of this helps and good luck.

thanks for the laugh.
Well he lives in the basement currently, away from children.

He has just Died

 

[bigspizz]

sorry for your loss DD

 

[ddyerfamily]

Here are the death pics...
If anyone can help ID the disease......
I am worried about my other fish.
I haven't lost a fish in years !

My large pleco is looking pale and his poop is floating. ?

The Illness took 48 hrs to kill !
this is how I found him,in the tank dead.





















At least I have his babies...hundreds of them..LOL
They look fine along with their mom.

 

[oceanobsession289]

Sorry, can't save them all. Did you necropsy? I know it's not the most fun thing to do to a lost pet but it might could give you some answers.

 

[ddyerfamily]

Sorry, can't save them all. Did you necropsy? I know it's not the most fun thing to do to a lost pet but it might could give you some answers.

don't know how
I just hope my other fish don't get same sickness.

 

[ddyerfamily]

I am so upset.....

I guess I liked this fish alot......

It sucks....now I drag my feet through the fishroom.......

I pass his tank......his wife and kids....All alone....

They are not sick ,that I can see....? Guess thats good.
We called him "Brad" (& wife Angie...lol)


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fry from him

 

[ddyerfamily]

R.I.P.




The fry he was with when he died.



Fulltank shot with lonely female and fry.

Older seperated Fry from this male.

 

[kittysduncan]

 

[Saintsaber]

When I Looked At It I Thought It Was Duck Lip sorry for your loss

 

[CLDarnell]

Man, sorry for your loss! I know what it's like to get attached to a fish. I have a few that I look forward to seeing everyday.

I hope everything goes well with Angie and their fry. Good luck to you! Again, sorry for your loss...