Urgent frog fish broken jaw?!

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  1. loneracer05

    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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    I have a frogfish living by himself.looks like the lower jaw in the center has been injured.looks like the bone is exposed and cracked in half.I will work on pics tmo ...any input here?
     

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  2. Newreef15

    Newreef15 Horrid Stonefish

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    och sounds rough cant wait to see a pic
     
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  3. mrsavage84

    mrsavage84 Feather Duster

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    Sounds rough. Sorry to hear that. What do you think happened?
     
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  4. loneracer05

    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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    Im not sure maybe he went after a ghost shrimp on a rock alittle to agressively
     
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  5. Greg@LionfishLair

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    I'd suspect it's more likely that the fish has lockjaw, but without some pix, it's all speculation. Does the fish's mouth look like it's locked open?
     
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  6. loneracer05

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    I will upload pics tonight....you can see the jaw bone and its cracked in half clean break
     
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  7. loneracer05

    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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    Pics up
     
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  8. Jmanyoma

    Jmanyoma Astrea Snail

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    That really sucks for him lol.

    I had this Banggai cardinal one time that was missing his whole bottom lip... pretty bad.
     
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  9. loneracer05

    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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    Yeah I feel bad for the big guy
     
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  10. Jmanyoma

    Jmanyoma Astrea Snail

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    Best thig to do is let him be.. How has he been eating since you noticed this?
     
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