Baby maroons (deformed mouth)

[mako56]

I know I have read something on this but I can't find it anywhere.
Just wondering if there is anything I can do for the poor little fella?

 

[Kathy55g]

How old are they? I had a bunch of ocellaris like that that appeared to either grow out of their deformity or die of natural causes. Mostly they grew out of it. About 2 out of thirty died, and they were the extreme cases.

 

[FMarini]

Mako-
genetic defects are a fact of life. In my opinion you have 2 choices: a)- isolate the little guy (hopefully he can feed at least) and feed him seperately for his whole life, or b)-consider culling.
If your lucky it may end like Kathys story and the juvies will outgrow whatever the problem is

 

[mako56]

I would say they are 7 momths old. You can't tell anything is wrong with them they swim around scraping just like the rest. Looks to be one thats bad, one that just looks a little crooked and a couple that look like they have an overbite. I will try taking them out and feeding them something different and see what happens.

Thanks