Hello all.
This is my new (and first) Flowerhorn "Giggsy" and he/she happens to be peeling on its head! I am not familiar with Flowerhorns so I do not know if this is normal, although it doesnt seem to be.
I got Giggsy on Saturday and introduced it in my 155g tank (pictured below). They have plenty of swimming space as well as hiding places.
I do have Rooney, a 9.5" Red Devil, which is bigger than the 7" flowerhorn. At first (while all the rocks were outside of the tank as I cleaned and rearranged the setup), Rooney was following Giggsy around the tank but this stopped once I finished organizing the tank.
Giggsy was fine until this morning but when I got home a couple of hours ago, I noticed this peeling on its head. The pictures don't do it justice and I manually changed the lighting to try to get a better shot.
It's not a parasite (although on the pics it kinda looks like it). It is the same as if it was shedding/peeling. None of my other fish have this. I have yet to check the parameters as I wanted to start getting some opinions as to what it could be and how I could resolve it.
Giggsy's behavior is and has been normal, but it doesnt seem to like eating pellets as I clearly saw how he/she sucked it in while almost immediately spitting it out. I dont think that this rejection of food is the result of this "issue".
That being said, what should I feed it?
For now, please take a look at the pics and let me know what you think.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
This is my new (and first) Flowerhorn "Giggsy" and he/she happens to be peeling on its head! I am not familiar with Flowerhorns so I do not know if this is normal, although it doesnt seem to be.
I got Giggsy on Saturday and introduced it in my 155g tank (pictured below). They have plenty of swimming space as well as hiding places.
I do have Rooney, a 9.5" Red Devil, which is bigger than the 7" flowerhorn. At first (while all the rocks were outside of the tank as I cleaned and rearranged the setup), Rooney was following Giggsy around the tank but this stopped once I finished organizing the tank.
Giggsy was fine until this morning but when I got home a couple of hours ago, I noticed this peeling on its head. The pictures don't do it justice and I manually changed the lighting to try to get a better shot.
It's not a parasite (although on the pics it kinda looks like it). It is the same as if it was shedding/peeling. None of my other fish have this. I have yet to check the parameters as I wanted to start getting some opinions as to what it could be and how I could resolve it.
Giggsy's behavior is and has been normal, but it doesnt seem to like eating pellets as I clearly saw how he/she sucked it in while almost immediately spitting it out. I dont think that this rejection of food is the result of this "issue".
That being said, what should I feed it?
For now, please take a look at the pics and let me know what you think.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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