Is this HOLE IN THE HEAD?

[Chaseg03]

Please tell me not. I'm hoping it's where she scraped something.

 

[tlindsey]

View attachment 1258070 View attachment 1258069 Please tell me not. I'm hoping it's where she scraped something.

Looks like a scrape HTH would look more like pits on the area of the head and face .

 

[pops]

hard to tell, but will say HITH does not happen over night. takes time,

 

[Chaseg03]

Looks like a scrape HTH would look

hard to tell, but will say HITH does not happen over night. takes time,

more like pits on the area of the head and face .

Thank Goodness! Ill continue to monitor it.

 

[Demon012]

Hole in the head takes a while to develop and is normally deep holes going into the head area of the fish, the fish will stop eating and try to scratch its self against rocks e,t,c as it gets worse white like worms come out of the holes,, in the early stages of the disease the holes start of as pitting in the head area of the fish,, I have had this disease on a flower horn a while ago, it's not nice and very hard to treat,, but it's very unlikely that your fish has developed it over night, your fish looks like it has scrapped its head on a rock or other object in your tank, and with good quality water and correct diet will heal up in a matter of days,, good luck

 

[Demon012]

Allso be aware that as it is probably damaged caused by hitting a hard object in your tank, there is a good chance that your fish was chased or is being bullied in your tank, just something to keep an eye on

 

[Chaseg03]

Hole in the head takes a while to develop and is normally deep holes going into the head area of the fish, the fish will stop eating and try to scratch its self against rocks e,t,c as it gets worse white like worms come out of the holes,, in the early stages of the disease the holes start of as pitting in the head area of the fish,, I have had this disease on a flower horn a while ago, it's not nice and very hard to treat,, but it's very unlikely that your fish has developed it over night, your fish looks like it has scrapped its head on a rock or other object in your tank, and with good quality water and correct diet will heal up in a matter of days,, good luck

Thanks!

 

[Chaseg03]

Allso be aware that as it is probably damaged caused by hitting a hard object in your tank, there is a good chance that your fish was chased or is being bullied in your tank, just something to keep an eye on

He was probably being chase by my fire mouth. My convict died a few days ago and all aggression is being guided towards her. I have since ordered some dithers.

 

[duanes]

Impossible to tell with those photos, so I edited them a bit to help.
Although it doesn't look like HITH, it does look like a bacterial, or fungal infection.
You may want to google images of saddleback infection in fish (dorsal infection)