My Silver Arowana's mouth flipped like an eyelid!

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daveman12345

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Wow I almost freaked out this morning. My Silver Arowana, which is housed with a Jardini, had his mouth wide open with some red looking meat hanging out of it, similar to how an eyelid looks when it's flipped. I immediately accused the Jardini of damn near killing it and was about to set up my hospital tank. I left for about 5 minutes and came back, and the Silver was back to normal! I would've taken a picture if I could have but I didn't know it wasn't really damage. Has anyone seen this before? Any idea what it was? When I originally saw it, he was swimming with his mouth wide open as if he was yawning and his jaw got stuck.
 
I would assume that the jaw is broken even though it looks fine. The jaw turning inside out is not normal.
 
He seems normal for now, and is eating regularly with no signs of this. It basically looked like he yawned and his mouth got stuck at it's peak. Anyway, I'll keep everyone posted and will take pix if it happens again.
 
never had that. Do NOT assume the Jar is not the culprit.
 
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