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Hey all, trying to help out a friend here, any idea what going on with this guy? In a 37g community. Just in with tetras and small danios. I don't have the water parameters yet. But anyone have an idea based off these pics. Thanks in advance.
With out a clearer picture it's hard to tell exactly. To me it looks like Head and Lateral Line Erosion (HLLE) , which is caused by improper water conditions and lack of nutrition.
Mog - sorry those were the best photos I was able to get on my phone. It was odd because most of the cases I saw of HLLE both sides of the fish seemed effected. However this fish only looked that that on one of its sides. The left side of him seemed perfectly normal. Is that normal?
For as much damage is done there always be permanent scarring around the lateral line. With proper water parameters and a high quality diet it will heal but the damage is already done.