Anthias bacteria issue?

[Btreefing]

My Anthias mouth has been open. Separated from all fish in Qt so no rough housing caused it. Started treating with sulfaplex and neoplex. I do have kanaplex and metroplex would that be better? Or am I going the wrong route thinking it's bacteria infection?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

My Anthias mouth has been open. Separated from all fish in Qt so no rough housing caused it. Started treating with sulfaplex and neoplex. I do have kanaplex and metroplex would that be better? Or am I going the wrong route thinking it's bacteria infection?

The few times I've seen this I thought it stemmed from mechanical trauma - one time, I saw it actually happen in a basslet that slammed some food, but hit the side of the tank and its mouth got stuck open. With that fish, I sort of worked the jaw back into place and it improved, but never got completely better.

I don't know of any infectious disease that would cause this.....

Jay

 

[Btreefing]

It started like a bump on his cheeck, this video is from Saturday

 

[vetteguy53081]

It started like a bump on his cheeck, this video is from Saturday

beautiful borbonious !!
To chime in, ive seen this about 4 times. One ended up being fatal , and as Jay mentioned, it can retract in which Ive seen happen. most fish have two sets of jaws with the outer part being the mouth itself which holds food and an inner one used for chewing food called a pharyngeal jaw. When this releases, so does the mouth.

 

[Btreefing]

Thank you, my biggest concern is it eating. Should i hand feed it? Should I stop the medication? This Qt has been ruff, got him better from swimmer bladder now this.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

It started like a bump on his cheeck, this video is from Saturday

So the mouth gradually began to gape over a week? I’ve never seen that before so can’t explain it. In the few cases I’ve seen showed up all at once.
Jay

 

[Btreefing]

Yes