One of my Lutino Oscars only got 1 nose hole. Probably birth defect. Just felt like sharing it with you guys. Anyone of y'all had one like that?

obodobo wrote:


How does he smell then?

Horrible the old ones are the best ones

Joking aside, no I have never seen this. I'm sure he will be perfectly okay

yeah...it is unusual...thus we are eager to see picture.
your fish may had been exposed to some fish illnesses...

Yes. I'm gonna post pics soon.

He's been like that since I bought them (two of them but the other one have both his nose holes. ) when they we're no more than 2". Both of them haven't got any disease up to now but the one with the single nose hole seems to be growing slower than the other one. They were at the same size when I bought them but you can very much see the difference in their size now. Stunt growth hormone?

OFL wrote:


I won't take it that he's having illness when he starts swimming on his side with his good nose, no. His ONLY nose hole facing up. Probably just having a hard time breathing..

I haven't seen neither of them done that though..

lol sounds like an evolutionary advantage on hot chili night!

Probably a minor genetic defect

The advantage is that he wont have to cover one nostril while snorting coke!!!!!!!

Or he is like that eastender (a soap opera) star that snorted some much coke she burnt a hole between her nostrils

delboybully wrote:


I tried snorting coke one day, but I got the ice cubes stuck up my nose

"We're gonna eat that Sosa for breakfast."

OFL wrote:


I tried snorting coke once too, my nose went black!!

Here's pics..

unusual indeed!
But he looks very healthy.