Texas cichlid sick mouth issue

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Ihsnshaik

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I have a Texas cichlid who's been awesome. In the last three days he hasn't eaten much and now isn't even eating. It never did this.

Something is wrong with its mouth can someone help me what's wrong with it and how to treat the mouth issue.

Everything looks the same minus the obvious mouth.

Also sadly that's his mouth not opened its been like that for 3 days. No other fish is sick minus him
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prognoses is not good for it. :(
 
Are you sure he did not lip lock with another fish. Hope things work out.
 
If you take the fish out and press on the jaw, if it a simple dislocation, you can usually snap the jaw back into place.
If you cannot move it, and if it is duck lips, the bacteria have atrophied much of the tissue, enough to make it immovable.
 
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