JD HASN'T EATEN IN A MONTH - HELP!

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Llupo2021

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Alright guys I'm desperate to keep my lovely JD alive. He's two years old.
He was formerly in a 40 gallon tank. He ate great, beat the crap out of everything, lots of bright color. I got rid of my other fish. Now he's in a big bowfront by himself. He hasn't eaten in a month. He was fine for the first three days. Then started to breath very heavy and was super bloated. Got the water tested and nothin was high. Tried salt, water changes from 10-50%,stress coat, tank cycler, feeder fish. He wont eat his pellets no matter what I do. And he used to love his feeders. Now his bloat is gone but he still won't eat! It's been over a month and I don't know what else to do. He has no fungi, injuries or weird crazy scale/skin abnormalities. And there's nothing else in the tank but him, I moved the feeders out when he didn't eat them. :cry:

PLEASE HELP ME. I feel horrible just watching my poor fishyfishy waste away.
 
Sadly, bloat has a pretty high death rate if not caught early, I hate to say it but he probably has internal organ damage and there isn't much you can do but comfort the poor thing :( Sorry bro.
 
Sounds like bloat.

It's probably a lost cause at this point if it is. Sorry to say it. But probassfisher is right.....If it goes this long, there's likely irrepairably dammage. My guess as to what has happened is that the fish got bloat, bloated, and is now becoming "skinny" again because it hasn't eaten in so long. It's really just becoming immaciated and is wasting away at this point.

You can try Clout (medication for bloat). A lot of the Malawi keepers use this for treating bloat (their fish are very prone to it). May as well give it a try and see what happens. Hopefully this works for you.

Sorry for the grim news.
 
Not to add insult to injury but feeders are very prone to disease transmission. You should not use them in general if you want healthy fish.
 
There must have been some problem with the params in the new tank. Was it properly cycled ? Jack Dempseys are hard asses and will stay healthy, in my experience, unless the water contains toxins (ammonia, nitrites). You said that the params were not high, does it mean 0 or not ? Ammonia and nitrites over 0 ppm should be qualified as high. I beg you to test those params, it is very important, even more in a new tank.

Fish do not get bloat out of nothing if their immune system works properly, at least Jack Dempseys. Change at least 50% of the water immediately if you get an ammonia reading.

What are your params ? Ammonia ? Nitrites ? Nitrates ? What is the water change schedule ?
 
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