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Old 02-05-2008, 02:11 PM   #1
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Default deformed fish getting worse

so i have 6 golden harlequin rasboras. i've had 'em for about 2 weeks. one was always slightly deformed, she has no top "lip" so to speak, just a bottom one. there were no signs of illness, and she was eating and swimming just fine. in fact, she was eating more than the others. she's fat and colorful, she was one of the ones trying to spawn the other day.

however, this morning i noticed something very wrong with her. her bottom lip, or what's left of it, seems to be bent outwards. she can't close her mouth, and the opening of her mouth is white. you can literally see into the little hole of her mouth. maybe she broke it on a piece of substrate? or something? i have no idea what's wrong with her, it's not fuzzy at all, and she's swimming normally.

i just fed the rasboras, and she can't grab any food. literally, her mouth stopped functioning, because she has no more "lips." a flake floated past her, and she rammed her mouth into it several times, but she couldn't grab it. i'm very worried, i don't know what's wrong!
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5.5 gallon low-light planted tank
-1 dwarf puffer named Beep.

for reference: my name is Julie
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