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Lethargy and white lips

Strong Style

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I have an old pair of A. macmasteri sharing a divided tank. This pair has slowed down and become shy with age but things have generally been unalarming. I was out for a few days and hadn't been there to check on my fish. Today I noticed the male was rather still in a corner and clamped. I have never seen this before. On closer inspection, I noticed the male has some white on his lips. I then took a look at the female who is still more active and noticed she also seems to have some white on her lips, almost as if her upper lip has rotted away some. The male also displayed this odd shimmying I have never seen before. Nothing new has gone into the tank in months and this pair lives alone with a divider, sponge filter, aquarium sand, and java moss. What could this be? Could it be columnaris? Thank you for any help!
 

Strong Style

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To update, I will probably lose the male today. It's clearly columnaris, he now has white patches and fin deterioration. Kanaplex alone did not stop it. Does this mean the bacteria was on them since they were young and with age took over?
 

MacZ

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It doesn't have to be columnaris, as this is how most bacterial infections look. You say the fish are older, I wouldn't be surprised some usually harmless bacteria opportunistically used a weakened immune system. Usually meds don't do anything anymore in such cases.
Sorry to say so. :/
 

anewbie

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My male cockatoo recently developed this; I'm about 95% sure his jaws are locked open (before they developed a white rim); and he will eventually starved to death. I.e, his real problem is he can't close his jaws...
 

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