lockjaw

Tank size: 20 gallons Tank age: ~8 years pH: 7 Temp: 77 F Ammonia / nitrites: 0 Nitrates: 5ppm gH & kH: both 4 This has a bit of background - please read! I'm desperate! My boyfriend recently cycled a 40 gallon tank. He wanted platys, and went to LFS to get some. They had a very pregnant...

EDIT: 30.05.22 So, I am not sure if the tetra has/had lockjaw in the firdt place? Is there perhaps something similar to lockjaw? When we got him, his mouth was wide open and he could only move it a little bit. Now after a week of treatment, isolation and a clean hospital tank, his mouth can...

Hi everyone, I need some help with my clown fish. For the past two weeks I noticed his mouth doesn’t shut and he won’t eat. I tried feeding him with a pipette, and now he seems to have swim bladder problems. I’m afraid that I might’ve blown some air into him while trying to feed him. He has...

So I just came home from high school today anticipating a week away from school but instead was I shocked to find two of my 10 silver tip tetras suffering from lock jaw with one of them constantly swimming at the surface as if gasping for air. I promptly made a 15 % water change and I will do...