His is fine for now, it might not be parasites. Some fish are really picky so for all we know he needs to adjust him on the new food. Don't raise your tank temp for now.
Flowerhorn won't eat... Need help!
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Parameters look fine. You most likely got a picky flowerhorn.
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Thanks... I'll see how he goes... Could be still adjusting the the tank..
He has the tank to himself
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Had the same issue a week ago. New fkowerhorn wouldnt eat anything but bw so I starved him for a few days and now he eats the pellets.
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Just be on the safe side, look for any out of ordinary symptoms: Color change, swallen eyes, clamp fins, stress.... Your water parameters are okay does not mean your fish is healthy, losing appetize is one of the symptoms that fish might be sick, my fishes normally will rush to the front tank and beg for food when I walk close, your FH is just like a baby, he won't tell you what is wrong, you have to find out yourself, that is why I like the challenging hoby, don't use unnecessary meds yet, bump up the heat, and do small water change daily, feed him whatever he takes, don't starve your fish when he is not strong enough since not eating well, you might end up killing him.
Hey, hes eating pellets... No chew n spit out either... And then looking for more
Thanks for your help all
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Thanks for your help all
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Lol, as soon as I get a decent pic I will post em, especially his progress/growth, I have been in the hobby for years & years, just new to FH's so when I can give advise I'll surly will.
The water supply here has 0ppm nitrates to start with, when I had my tank set up with African Malawi's (26 of them) the nitrates would be @40ppm, my FH is alone in his tank and still very young.
I use an API freshwater test kit, the colour of the test was close to 5ppm, def under 10ppm, so really it's not 100% accurate in a digital scale, but from testing the water supply (being low) to my Africans (being high) his nitrates are good, as he increases in size, im sure the nitrate level too,
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The water supply here has 0ppm nitrates to start with, when I had my tank set up with African Malawi's (26 of them) the nitrates would be @40ppm, my FH is alone in his tank and still very young.
I use an API freshwater test kit, the colour of the test was close to 5ppm, def under 10ppm, so really it's not 100% accurate in a digital scale, but from testing the water supply (being low) to my Africans (being high) his nitrates are good, as he increases in size, im sure the nitrate level too,
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