thanks guys, he seems very healthy and shows no abnormalities, the guy had him in the bucket for almost a month, his reasoning, it was killing all his other fish, Well wtf were you doing with an almost foot long jag with what can i only assume were smaller cichlids. a lady i met saw him and took it away brought it to her to house had him in a 20 gallon gave him meds and nursed his wounds. Told the LFS it needed a real home, LFS immediately called me, went and got him right away. I'm so happy i did.