Wat is wrong with my flowerhorn?? need help

[naifsiddibapa]

hi
i have a problem with my flowerhorn

i purchaser 3 flowerhorn frys from india and travalled to saudi arabia with the flowerhorn (all three were very healthy and were eating good) i got theme packed from a pet packer ..well when i reached saudi arabia the first thing i did is took them out and transfered them to the fish tank ... the first 3 to 4 days they were strased and later they started to eat .. after 2 weeks a friend of mine asked for a flowerhorn as i had three of them so i gave one to my friend ... after few weeks the two flowerhorns fry started to fight and one of them got baddlay injurd and later he died well
now hear is the main part of the post it have been almost 6 months a month back when my friend came to my house he got shocked after seeing my flowerhorn and he said me about his flowerhorn (the one whish i gave him) he said he dint even grow he dint eat much etc so he brought his flowerhorn to my house and keept the FH with my FH with a partation now it have been arround a month my friends flower horn is not eating i tried feeding him grand sumo , ocean free humpy hear,etc .. he is not even willing to eat once i habd feeded him sum shrimp that was the first time i saw him eat now he is not at all eating he is been hiding in one place and not moving when i try to catch him with my hand he gives a quick move (he is not week) .. now i dont no wat is the problem with this flowerhorn his body dosent have and sign of desiese ....
hear are some of the pic
the one on the
the FH on the left is my FH on th left is my friends
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well hope so i get help ... thankyou

 

[Water]

There may be 2 reasons for this. 1 is a water quality issue. Go out and get a water testing kit to test for Ammonia, nitrates, and nitrites. Bad water quality can stunt any fish. Do not get strips as they are not accurate. Get the liquid test kind. In the US we got a kit called API but I'm not sure if thats available in India.

Secondly, your friends fh most likely has internal parasites. Since its not eating, you need to bust out some medications. Metrodinazole is a medication you should get. Good luck.

 

[naifsiddibapa]

thank you very much for the reply well ammonia is OK ...about the medication ..that medic en is not available hear .. is there and allternate for that thing... like seasalt ...etc
the thing which might be available

 

[mshill90]

Is Praziquantel available there? That is what you should use for internal parasites.

 

[naifsiddibapa]

is Praziquantel and anti paraside same ??

 

[mshill90]

I don't know if it's the same, but it sounds like it.. they are both anti parasitic. Meaning they remove parasides. Metro will not kill parasites.

 

[Water]

I don't know if it's the same, but it sounds like it.. they are both anti parasitic. Meaning they remove parasides. Metro will not kill parasites.

Wrong. Metrodinazole will kill parasites. Do not give out false info..

 

[mshill90]

Wrong. Metrodinazole will kill parasites. Do not give out false info..

It will treat some parasites like heximita and ich, but for internals, you are going to need something else.

I've tried using metro for internals on a FH, and it didn't work. The minute I started using prazi, he was back to normal.

Metro:

"Metro+ Medication is a highly effective and safe treatment for Hole-in-the-Head and Head and Lateral Line Erosion, targeting infected areas and replenishing the natural slime coat on the body of the fish to aid in recovery. Metronidazole is the active ingredient, and the powder medication may be used as a bath or as an additive to food for internal treatment."

Prazi:

"This is a ready-to-use, liquid concentrate that was developed as an effective way to deal with unwanted parasites in ponds, freshwater or saltwater aquariums. It is extremely safe and super effective giving you rapid control yet will not negatively impact your biological filtration. "


But yeah... I'm giving out wrong information...

 

[Water]

I don't know if it's the same, but it sounds like it.. they are both anti parasitic. Meaning they remove parasides. Metro will not kill parasites.

It will treat some parasites like heximita and ich, but for internals, you are going to need something else.

I've tried using metro for internals on a FH, and it didn't work. The minute I started using prazi, he was back to normal.

Metro:

"Metro+ Medication is a highly effective and safe treatment for Hole-in-the-Head and Head and Lateral Line Erosion, targeting infected areas and replenishing the natural slime coat on the body of the fish to aid in recovery. Metronidazole is the active ingredient, and the powder medication may be used as a bath or as an additive to food for internal treatment."

Prazi:

"This is a ready-to-use, liquid concentrate that was developed as an effective way to deal with unwanted parasites in ponds, freshwater or saltwater aquariums. It is extremely safe and super effective giving you rapid control yet will not negatively impact your biological filtration. "


But yeah... I'm giving out wrong information...

I apologize to OP for derailing but people like this piss me off.

 

[mshill90]

I apologize to OP for derailing but people like this piss me off.

Oh boo hoo. Go pout.

You were the one giving out false information.