Motaguense with bad gill will it heal?

[fernie831]

Got home from work and found that my female mota has one of her gills hanging. It doesn't seem to bother her she is very active breathing and eating normal. Will it heal or stay permanent?

.... Hard to get a real good pic she won't stay still

 

[fernie831]

Anybody?

 

[MP_cichlid]

Looks like she just got nipped or something, I think it should b fine as long as you keep an eye on it, add some aquarium salt and maybe Melafix but wait for some other replies too!

 

[duanes]

Just looks like a dislodged scale, very minor. If it were me I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[fernie831]

Ok thanks for the replies wasn't sure never had this happen before

 

[pops]

keep the water pristine,. and should heal up fine.

 

[fernie831]

keep the water pristine,. and should heal up fine.

Thanks usually do a 80% wc a week

 

[pops]

should be fine, good clean water and fish heal pretty quick, I do fin level every week myself and throw a 50% in in between every few weeks to beat the creep down.

 

[professa19]

Relatively new to SA/CA cichlids... Beautiful cichlid, are those relatively rare? Have never seen one before and i've been to a hell of a lot of fish stores...

 

[duanes]

They are not rare, but are not usually found in LFSs, unless someone in your area has a spawning pair, or has turned an adult in, after it killed everything else in the tank.
They are commonly available thru any of the respected on-line Central American vendors often seen and mentioned in posts on MFK.
They are not a community cichlid, unless your tank is in the hundreds of gal size.
male

female