Clark Clown Lock Jaw

oldskool89

oldskool89

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Hello Everyone,
I have recently noticed (over the past couple of days) that my Clark Clown has symptoms of what appear to be lock jaw. I noticed that he hasn't been as active recently, and mainly hides behind rocks. I think this partly has to deal with my anemones taking a turn for the worst and being quite small - not e-nough for him to find refuge in. But the other day, i was feeding him, and he did in fact come out. His mouth was stuck wide open and inhaled a couple of food particles but then went back into hiding. Is this something that is going to work itself out? I've actually had a tiger oscar with the same problem, but he actually ate and algae sucker about halfway, got it stuck for a couple of days, and then ended up spitting it out eventually. His lockjaw went away fully after about a week. Can i do anything to expedite my clown's recovery? Thanks in advance!
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by oldskool89 http:///forum/thread/383564/clark-clown-lock-jaw#post_3355641
Hello Everyone,
I have recently noticed (over the past couple of days) that my Clark Clown has symptoms of what appear to be lock jaw. I noticed that he hasn't been as active recently, and mainly hides behind rocks. I think this partly has to deal with my anemones taking a turn for the worst and being quite small - not e-nough for him to find refuge in. But the other day, i was feeding him, and he did in fact come out. His mouth was stuck wide open and inhaled a couple of food particles but then went back into hiding. Is this something that is going to work itself out? I've actually had a tiger oscar with the same problem, but he actually ate and algae sucker about halfway, got it stuck for a couple of days, and then ended up spitting it out eventually. His lockjaw went away fully after about a week. Can i do anything to expedite my clown's recovery? Thanks in advance!

To me it sounds like he hurt his mouth some way. Either another fish got him or he got hurt chasing another fish and hit a rock. I never hard of lockjaw in a fish...but I never heard of allot of things in this hobby.
 
chain

chain

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Yes lockjaw is possible and it is usually always fatal. It's fairly common in lionfish and it's not unheard of in most other species. I'm not sure this is what your fish has; however a varied, rich, nutritional diet is the only preventative for lockjaw as once it sets in there is little that can be done. Really hope your fish gets better and hope it's not lockjaw. The only cure i have heard is using a probe to un-hinge the jaw, but I doubt the success rates of this are any where close to 50:50.
 
 
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