I purchased a tank a couple months ago that came with this 8" CL and several large aggressive fish such as 2 oscars and a very aggressive jaguar. I left those 3 fish with the seller and brought home the CL. Since then I've purchased 4 more 7-7.5" CL's so he could be apart of a schoal. During that time I've had several tank issues to include a case of ich which I'm in the end stages of getting rid of. However, every since I've had him I have always noticed he breathes more rapid than the other CL's and he usually always has his mouth open which I have never seen in a CL and I've owned many in the past but never one this large. I am wondering if he has a possible genetic deformity, past injury prior to me having him, or is there some other underlying issue such as a disease of some sort I could possibly treat. He is more active than the others and is always the first out of hiding to eat come feeding time and eats just fine. One thing I do notice him do though is put his face right in front of one of the powerheads sometimes which I'm not sure is related or he just enjoys the current. The tank has plenty of filtration along with 2 powerheads with airlines running into them so there is plenty of aeration in the tank. Would appreciate any ideas as to what is going on. As you can see in the pic he is the only one so it's clearly only an issue with him which tells me it's not a water param issue.
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