HELP...flowerhorn tilted????

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badar7

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m planning to buy a flowerhorn...age about 6-8 years...fullllllll size...12inch (on a ruler!!)......m getting it on a half of market price...BUT the problem is that flowerhorn remains tilted....she moves a little sideways....tilted...n behaves a little awkward....she just floats on the top of the aquarium, in the corner, tilted....but takes food...if u disturb her...she swims...swims a littles tilted...then normal...then tilted....takes a couple of rounds...and then back to the upper corner (tilted)
now she hides herself in the lowerrr corner,under a plant...n moves a little tilted...sometimes straight..

i have browsed many threads...but i am unable to find an exact similar case....so plzzzzzzz dont refer me to other threads...n plzzzzzzz help me...i am trying to find that size but i cannot find an other 1 of that size in the town...

her colors r perfect....belly is perfect...head is small...she LOOKS healthy

tank is 125g....temp normal...around 28-29 degree celcius...ph normal...
tank has a 20inch arowana...a mono angle..big koi...pleco..no other cichlid.....n yes amonia might b a little high as filtration was not very good...but it was fine



plzzzzz help experts?? Y the hell the only big FH in my town is TILTED??
 
It could be swim bladder it can also be a sign of somthing else. My advise to you would be to pass on this fish.
 
yeah dont buy it big it probably has swim bladder or something. it could have other diseases too.. you should buy a small baby flowerhorn, happy and healthy, and raise it. when it grows up, maybe in only 6 months, itll be WAYYYYYY better..
 
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