PLEASE HELP FLOWERHORN PROBLEM

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FARRUKH1992

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Hello guys! Thanks for viewing my post. I have problem right now with my flowerhorn, red dragon humphead , he is sitting in the corner of my tank, but when Im right next to the tank he swims towards me , and ehen I leave he goes back to his place. He is not active as he used to be please help

He is still sitting in the corner. Water ph 7.0 , ammo 0-0.25mg/L, 29-31C temp, 2 large filters 180 gallon tank, 1 time per week 30% water change, food only xo sumo pellets, All other fish just fine, he is not well. I don't understand whats going on

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Ammonia should be zero... What about nitrite and nitrate? How long has the tank been set up?
 
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Angelphish said:
Ammonia should be zero... What about nitrite and nitrate? How long has the tank been set up?
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For a very long time. I don't really know how to check those , but ph and ammonia looks good, its 0 , this flowerhorn is 3 y old, I had him since he was a baby, all parametres are good but can't understand whats up, he is not attacking anyone lol, like it used to be , just sitting in the corner but eats good, than goes back to the bottom
 
FARRUKH1992 said:
For a very long time. I don't really know how to check those , but ph and ammonia looks good, its 0 , this flowerhorn is 3 y old, I had him since he was a baby, all parametres are good but can't understand whats up, he is not attacking anyone lol, like it used to be , just sitting in the corner but eats good, than goes back to the bottom
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The nitrates may be too high, as you only do %30 weekly. To actually remove the nitrates you want to do %50+ water changes at least once a week.

See if your lfs has a nitrate test kit, if not, look for a master test kit.
 
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Angelphish said:
The nitrates may be too high, as you only do %30 weekly. To actually remove the nitrates you want to do %50+ water changes at least once a week.

See if your lfs has a nitrate test kit, if not, look for a master test kit.
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But he is swimming and eating but right after he is done goes back to corner. Hope he won't die
 
FARRUKH1992 said:
But he is swimming and eating but right after he is done goes back to corner. Hope he won't die
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That's no excuse not to get the test kit.
 
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The nitrates are extremely high. Try two %50 water changes a week, and that tank should have extremely low nitrates. You want to keep them under 40ppm. Anything above starts to harm the fish.
 
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