oddball jewel cichlid

[midnight]

If a blackened area appears on a fish, it is possibly due to a pinched nerve. This could be secondary to a tumor or swelling. Swelling may be due to internal infections, internal parasite infestation (dropsy or bloating due to internal parasites, according to Dieter Untergasser, 1989).

That enough?

lol
nice pix
wheres the pbass?lol
and the quote above
he sure sounds positive
"possibly due to" "this could be"
so where is the proof?lol
and hate to say it but
all those pix,its black
mine is red not black
and all those fish are different yet have black not the fishes original color like mine
see my point?

Looks like someone got Midnight lots of pictures.

oh man i did get served didnt i

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

I believe that John PTC had this happen to one of his HUGE cichla.

 

[crenipterus svenagalus]

thats right! look up johnptcs threads!

 

[midnight]

thats right! look up johnptcs threads!

ya im not going to spend the rest of the year looking through his threads for it

 

[Modest_Man]

Believe whatever you want. What's the saying? "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink."

 

[thefishguy7]

John's:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=184453

 

[midnight]

Believe whatever you want. What's the saying? "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink."

what was the argument again?lol
however he got it i consider it an oddball

John's:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=184453

thanx
that thread is about the same as this one
and again,black not other colors....

 

[skiptomyzoo]

I think these posts were both good though in that thread, esp Scats explaining why the line is perfect like that. However, they somewhat disagree with each other, the one saying as the bruising subsides there is a hint of redish pink, kind of like what you have, the other saying it stays black.

Ive seen young FL Cichla go through half black stages, but its always that..a phase...and when young. In adults I have come across this with FL Peas, and Tems. I Believe DanH had a similar experience with one of His tems. In every one of the Adults that changed 'overnight' it was due to injury. Its basically bruising. The fish may act normal, it may not. Keep an eye on him, If his behaviour changes, lack of eating, its not a fun road. The bruising eventually subsides and you see a light hint of redish pink to the area, the massive HITH takes over, the fish may die, or it may survive but pretty disfigured. Just letting you know from my experience Its usually been around the head...fish has been startled and slammed into a wall somewhere full speed. Hopefully this is something else, hormonal, genetic, environmental, could be anything...keep us posted and good luck.

Something has damaged the fish's ability to control the chromataphores used to adjust color and pigment based on mood. Most likely a bacterial infection. The chromataphores on this side of the fish's face have defaulted to the darkest "setting" possible.

Just like humans, specific parts of the body are seperated and controlled by specific parts of the brain. That's why you are seeing a very specific line and area affected by the malady. It is NOT genetic. If it were genetic the fish would have been born this way.

I've seen this in a variety of fish over the years and it is always a specific quadrant of the fish's body that is affected. It is always very well delineated and typically affects the face. It will never get better and from now on the fish's face wil be black on that side.

As far as I know there is no known catalyst nor no known treatment.

And despite the posts stating that it is cool or neat, it is a biological failure due to unknown reasons. Not something that I would be excited about.

 

[hurricane_redbone]

OMG today I saw a old lady with half a black face!!! I immediatly thought HOLY CRAP maybe she had nerve damage... I went to ask her n to my suprise the other half of her face was black too! So I said "wow did u have nerve damage on both sides of ur head? Cuz ur whole face is black!!!".... she looked at me a lil funny n said "Man quit smoking crack!"

 

[Druu]

OMG today I saw a old lady with half a black face!!! I immediatly thought HOLY CRAP maybe she had nerve damage... I went to ask her n to my suprise the other half of her face was black too! So I said "wow did u have nerve damage on both sides of ur head? Cuz ur whole face is black!!!".... she looked at me a lil funny n said "Man quit smoking crack!"

Probably would be deleted if someone reported it, but I won't be the one to report.

Midnight, when I skimmed the first post, I wondered why you kept him around for so long without feeding it. Still an oddball- although I was hoping to find out that you caught a two tailed jewel.