Oh and one side of his body sticks out more than the other. the side that is out further is the side that sticks out of the water. Like an air bubble pulling him up
African cichlid floating
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I have a Crystal Ruby "red dragon" that used to do the same thing every couple months when I would do water changes. I thought he was destined to death every time, I would move him into quarantine and dose with Pazipro and aquarium salt and after about a day he would be back to his old self. He is still kicking (Flipping?) and to this day have never found the underlying cause.. Not going to say that is the correct or best treatment, But in regards to that specific fish has worked for me.
Unfortunately parrots can ram fish and cause injury if strong enough. And some parrots do have teeth. A 40 is only workable with one cichlid and maybe a small plec, cat, or cory. The parrot you see in my avatar is Patch...she can bite with the best of them.
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Yeah I do notice some little jagged teeth in her mouth. Mine is about 6 inches and has an actual functioning mouth unlike the other deformed ones.
Does he eat at all? I still haven’t seen mine eat in the past days. I do water changes every 2 or 3 days
I tell folks don't be mislead about the 'deformed mouth' hype. My Patch doesn't move her mouth much but its large and has teeth. She cut up the face of my dominant male parrot and split both his lips down the middle. She can eat 5mm pellets with ease.
