Hello, I posted this one on the flowerhorn and other hybrid cichlids forum but I think this is more suitable here.
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I hope someone could help me.
I have a 3.5"~ flowerhorn that's been really active until yesterday. It's suddenly lethargic, won't eat, nuchal hump has shrunk, and his gills and mouth is somewhat open all the time. I changed 50% of the water yesterday then researched about why and I came across a thread that says FH can sometimes "break" their jaw when dealing with their reflections, I assumed that was the case.
But earlier this morning I found something lying at the bottom my hornwort bush, I haven't noticed this one yesterday since the hornwort can be very thick. Then I found a wasp without its sting. I am not entirely sure how did it get there since I have a glass cover but I think that's most likely the reason why my flowerhorn has become very lethargic and why his mouth and gills is somewhat "paralyzed".
Here's a photo of the wasp I found, as you can see it doesn't have its sting
And here's a photo of my FH before and after the incident
He lost quite a bit of his color and his nuchal hump has shrunk. He just sits at the bottom of the tank all the time and wont eat. I've been changing 50% of the water since yesterday and will continue if there's an improvement. I have also given him a salt bath yesterday. Is there anything else that I could do? Or are wasp stings to a 3.5" fish lethal?
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I hope someone could help me.
I have a 3.5"~ flowerhorn that's been really active until yesterday. It's suddenly lethargic, won't eat, nuchal hump has shrunk, and his gills and mouth is somewhat open all the time. I changed 50% of the water yesterday then researched about why and I came across a thread that says FH can sometimes "break" their jaw when dealing with their reflections, I assumed that was the case.
But earlier this morning I found something lying at the bottom my hornwort bush, I haven't noticed this one yesterday since the hornwort can be very thick. Then I found a wasp without its sting. I am not entirely sure how did it get there since I have a glass cover but I think that's most likely the reason why my flowerhorn has become very lethargic and why his mouth and gills is somewhat "paralyzed".
Here's a photo of the wasp I found, as you can see it doesn't have its sting
And here's a photo of my FH before and after the incident
He lost quite a bit of his color and his nuchal hump has shrunk. He just sits at the bottom of the tank all the time and wont eat. I've been changing 50% of the water since yesterday and will continue if there's an improvement. I have also given him a salt bath yesterday. Is there anything else that I could do? Or are wasp stings to a 3.5" fish lethal?
