What’s wrong with my green chromis??

[Steven31922]

My chromis looks like this last night but he still eats and acts normal

 

[Rmckoy]

Why does it look like the top one is missing half of its body ?

 

[Steven31922]

Why does it look like the top one is missing half of its body ?

No clue, i’ll take another photo it could of been an angle because it took so long to take a perfect photo

 

[vetteguy53081]

if im not mistaken, mouth appears to be stuck open. If that is the case, it may likely be Lockjaw seems a bit of a catchall term for a fish that either cannot open or close the mouth. Rarely does a fish get tetanus which is what we usually think of with the term lockjaw but if that's the case, there is nothing to be done to make it open and close. Eventually bacteria gradually paralyzes all the muscles. The concern is fish need to open and close their mouths in order to pass water through their gills and if they stopped doing that, it will suffocate to death.

 

[Zionas]

I suspect they were fighting at the LFS and got injuries, though could be wrong. Either way watch out for bacterial infections.