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Old January 10th, 2008  
Fish Newbie
 
Help!!

Im just signed up to this forum. im 15 and have two oscars, a tiger and a red, and i've had them for 4 months. I was looking at the tiger and i noticed his lower jaw is shifted to the right and he cant close his mouth all of the way. i ont know what to do! luckly he still eats but still... if anyone knows what to do i could seriously use some help.
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Old January 10th, 2008  
King of Curt
 
Welcome to the site.

What size tank?
What other fish are in there with them?
What size oscars are they?

They probably were fighting and pulled the jaw out of place. There's not really anything you can do for that. You should NOT try to force the jaw back in place on your own, as long as the fish can eat it will either live with the deformality or eventually it'll fix itself, either way as long as the fish can eat it should be fine.
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Old January 10th, 2008  
Fish Newbie
 
okay thanks alot i wasnt sure if i should worry or not, so i guess i shouldnt.
they live in a 55g, and its just the two of them. i had a pleco but he fought with them so the pleco was moved to my 29g.
they are both 5-6 inches
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Old January 10th, 2008  
King of Curt
 
... WOW... A fishkeeping newbie at age 15 with the proper housing for fish... Ares you are a joy to have on the site and get applause from me.

Yeah, as long as they eat they should be fine.
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Old January 10th, 2008  
Fish Keeper
 
I agree as long as your fish can eat properly, there's probably not much you can do.

I know you're only 15, but two oscars are going to need a tank about 150 gallons as they grow, so start saving your pennies!
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Old January 11th, 2008  
Fish Newbie
 
lol okay
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