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    Recently I went to one of my LFS which supplys discus from one of our sponsors actually...the fish look beautiful and seem to be happy.

    As I looked more closely I saw multiple very small holes all around the nostril area....are these normal? I think its the beginnings of hole in the head, but i am not sure....

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1eyedtuna View Post
    Recently I went to one of my LFS which supplys discus from one of our sponsors actually...the fish look beautiful and seem to be happy.

    As I looked more closely I saw multiple very small holes all around the nostril area....are these normal? I think its the beginnings of hole in the head, but i am not sure....

    Yes, if they are uniform on both sides, they are the fishes sensory holes.
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    Default Re: hole in the head????

    how many sensory holes do they generally have??

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1eyedtuna View Post
    how many sensory holes do they generally have??

    This depends but I generally see anywhere from 2-3 holes on each side. Just make sure they don't look like ravines or craters like the fish in this picture.

    http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/vie...p?f=25&t=36651
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    This is HITH aka hole in head.

    This is how my uarus looked when I saved them from these people that did not care.

    Here is a photo of the holes Healing up.



    These are the sensory pits you can see my True parrot has LOTS of them. this is how they should look.


    Oh and these are my Uaru pretty much all healed.


    Hope that helps. Remember that HITH is not that bad it is due to poor food and bad water also stress.
    Last edited by snowflake311; 08-28-2010 at 09:08 PM.

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