Chocolate Cichlids injury

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Stevenm1

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Hey guys, I have a 180g with an Oscar, Chocolate, Severum, Red Hump Eartheater. The tank is always peaceful never any problems. The Oscar and Chocolate will square off sometimes but never anything physical. Water parameters are always spot on 85% change a week and heavily filtered. Today I went to feed them and the Chocolates upper lip looks bitten in half. He has some other small nicks on his head and on his side near the dorsal. I have one rock in the whole tank he may have ran into but It looks like a bite. The picture shows some flesh hanging that may look white in the pics, but is not infected just flesh and brand new. On a side note, after the last big water change the chocolate when physco, his eyes turned bright red and he was on a war path, so mad looked like he was grinding his mouth or biting his lip he was pissed. Next day he was back to normal and his laid back self. Doing another big water change tomorrow, you guys think this will heal and any advice would be appreciated. Thanks guys
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Hey guys, I have a 180g with an Oscar, Chocolate, Severum, Red Hump Eartheater. The tank is always peaceful never any problems. The Oscar and Chocolate will square off sometimes but never anything physical. Water parameters are always spot on 85% change a week and heavily filtered. Today I went to feed them and the Chocolates upper lip looks bitten in half. He has some other small nicks on his head and on his side near the dorsal. I have one rock in the whole tank he may have ran into but It looks like a bite. The picture shows some flesh hanging that may look white in the pics, but is not infected just flesh and brand new. On a side note, after the last big water change the chocolate when physco, his eyes turned bright red and he was on a war path, so mad looked like he was grinding his mouth or biting his lip he was pissed. Next day he was back to normal and his laid back self. Doing another big water change tomorrow, you guys think this will heal and any advice would be appreciated. Thanks guys
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Tbh it may heal but the lip may never look the same it was before.
 
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