NGT cloudy eye and swollen mouth

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Left eye is cloudy and mouth is swollen on the edges, so the poor thing cant close its mouth completely. Im thinking mouth rot?

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Man your water seems really cloudy. Have you added meds or something?
Or is the glass dirty...

Anyways. Sorry to see the ngt that way. Could have damaged its jaw fighting...
Cloudy eye also could be from fighting.
What else is in tank? Tank size and tank mates? And filtration?

If the cloudy water is poor water quality.. then its possible injury wounds will lead to rot or fungus.
I would take the ngt out in a net. It should freeze and stay totally still like most tigers when netted out.
Try to push its jaw back into place. It may be dislocated slightly.

Best keep water pristine. how long you had the ngt in there?

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Ade said:
Man your water seems really cloudy. Have you added meds or something?
Or is the glass dirty...

Anyways. Sorry to see the ngt that way. Could have damaged its jaw fighting...
Cloudy eye also could be from fighting.
What else is in tank? Tank size and tank mates? And filtration?

If the cloudy water is poor water quality.. then its possible injury wounds will lead to rot or fungus.
I would take the ngt out in a net. It should freeze and stay totally still like most tigers when netted out.
Try to push its jaw back into place. It may be dislocated slightly.

Best keep water pristine. how long you had the ngt in there?

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Is it possible that the jaw is due to mouth fungus (bacteria) instead of dislocated jaw? Or is dislocated jaw the only explanation to why the poor guy cant close his mouth? I admit I have been neglecting my fish, havent cleaned tank in 3 weeks- month. I put in some melafix and API meds, hopefully that will take care of the eye and mouth.
 
I think it might be some mouth fungus especially if you haven't kept the water very clean lately. It does kind of look like some kind of mouth rot. He looks a bit thin compared to the other dats, so it makes sense that he's the only 1 with the issues. I do agree that you need big water changes. I like 2 50% WC's in a 12 to 24hour period. An immediate 80% may finish him off quick. How's his breathing? Can you isolate him in a sep tank?
 
3 weeks.. no water change!!!! WTF.

How bigs the tank and what fiktration.
You msy be ovetstocked and underfiltered also. In which case ... down ward spiral. No amount of advice may help.
Im only asking all these questions in order to identify long term issues... not to have a dig;)

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Absolutely Im not taking any offense you guys, I know what I did wrong and its my fault. Tank is a 90 with AC110 with 5 dats (4x 7-8" indos and 1x 5-6" NGT). I make no excuse at all. I did a 50% wc, added melafix, salt, and API erythromycin.
 
Too small of a tank and not enough filtration. Water changes should be at least every 4 to 5 days with that current stock. Water changes,salt and hope for the best.
 
Hopefully if it hasn't been that way for too long the dat will fully recover and the will be saved.
 
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