Is something wrong with my Texas Hybrid

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I apologize for the foggy picture, water change.
I noticed the one side of his mouth has a red discoloration. Any insights?
He's acting normal

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Are there other fish with him. Could be they were fighting.
 
If that doesn't look better in a few days he might have a bacterial infection often referred to as duck lips. For now I would put some API Freshwater Aquarium salt in the water and hope that it heals. Duck lips require an antibiotic.
 
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You can try a methylene blue bath or metronidazole in food
 
He's in a 55 alone besides a lace cat and a pictus, I salted the tank when I got home today
 
I had a big male firemouth that had something similar happen to him once. The only thing I could think of that happened was he was in a tank with some Cory catfish and maybe he bit it and the spine poked him. The swolen area went down in a few days hopefully it's something as simple as that for your fish
 
Man-made Monsters said:
If that doesn't look better in a few days he might have a bacterial infection often referred to as duck lips. For now I would put some API Freshwater Aquarium salt in the water and hope that it heals. Duck lips require an antibiotic.
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Flexibactor columnaris aka Flavobacterium columnare aka Duck Lips is not something to sit back & wait on - with the more virulent strains of this bacteria ones fish can be dead in less than a week.

More info can be found in the following threads.

https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/duck-lips-flowerhorn-cured.305965/

https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/15-umbee-sick-help.543236/

Good luck.
 
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