Paroon shark not eating

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My Paroon stopped eating after he have a red acne and iches on his head, most paroons I bought have this red acne on their head, they will ripe and slowly burst like normal pimples, he gets ich infection as it is ich season now, I give the fish to the fish shop where I bought him, now no more iches, but not interested at any pellets. I will try live feeders like carp fingerlings and guppies, will keep updated if he starts eating.
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red acne like thing
 
These tend to occur in fish I have seen when they rub their faces on the glass of the tank.
Try to have three sides of the tank with cover/backing on them if you only view from the front, then the fish has parameters to work with. Yes they can sense the box they are in when clear but still run into the walls for some reason. Does the shop have backing on the back and sides?
Is the shop tank larger? Does the shop tank have substrate?
Is the water chemistry the same?
Does the shop tank have other occupants?
Try to look at why the fish may be happy in the shop tank yet not so in yours.
If he is rubbing on the glass this is due to stress also and could be why he has stopped eating. If he is happy, he will eat.
How big is the fish and how big the tank?
 
These tend to occur in fish I have seen when they rub their faces on the glass of the tank.
Try to have three sides of the tank with cover/backing on them if you only view from the front, then the fish has parameters to work with. Yes they can sense the box they are in when clear but still run into the walls for some reason. Does the shop have backing on the back and sides?
Is the shop tank larger? Does the shop tank have substrate?
Is the water chemistry the same?
Does the shop tank have other occupants?
Try to look at why the fish may be happy in the shop tank yet not so in yours.
If he is rubbing on the glass this is due to stress also and could be why he has stopped eating. If he is happy, he will eat.
How big is the fish and how big the tank?
I catch some guppies from my nearby pond, sanitised and feed him the guppies today, he seems excited and swallowed all the guppies he could eat
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