Subject: Flowerhorn not eating from yesterday night.
Hello all, I'm quite new to this forum and I am quite excited to meet new people, thank you for the opportunity.
Setup:
Now, I bought a flowerhorn 4 days ago, today is day 5. He is around 3-4 inches, he is in a 15 gallon tank(I know it is small but I will build a new bigger one in another 3 months, I can't afford one now).
Now, the temperature in the tank is 30°C and I am not too sure about the pH. From what I have been doing, it should be neutral. I have a sand+gravel substrate with few shells, rocks and pebbles. In the tank, there is also a common pleco.
My fish is quite active and he keeps swimming around happily. He is spooked at times and hides behind the filter. I guess this is because he is not used to me yet but when no one is around the tank, he keeps swimming around. But from yesterday, he is usually hanging around the filter(where I have also installed the heater). Now, I was feeding him medium sized pallets and he loved it. He was happy he kept eating how much ever I gave him, but I kept an eye for the bulge in his belly. Now, yesterday I got shrimps for him (dried, not frozen). I gave him one, he put it inside his mouth, spit it and did that for a couple of times. Then he didn't eat, he just let it be there. So I thought maybe he isn't hungry, so I didn't feed him yesterday night. Today morning, I tried with the shrimp again, he came near it, looked disinterested, and he turned away. Later I thought I'll just give him pallets(which he loves). And I gave him pallets, he took some time, came around and ate the pallet. But he spit it out again, and nothing then after. He is still active, he is swimming around but he isn't eating and sometimes he just hides behind the filter for no reason. Should I do something different? I am pretty sure my nitrogen cycle is fine because of all the substrate, the ceramic rings, the shells etc. I even had activated carbon for couples of hours in the water on the third day or so. What to do?
Thank you.
Hello all, I'm quite new to this forum and I am quite excited to meet new people, thank you for the opportunity.
Setup:
Now, I bought a flowerhorn 4 days ago, today is day 5. He is around 3-4 inches, he is in a 15 gallon tank(I know it is small but I will build a new bigger one in another 3 months, I can't afford one now).
Now, the temperature in the tank is 30°C and I am not too sure about the pH. From what I have been doing, it should be neutral. I have a sand+gravel substrate with few shells, rocks and pebbles. In the tank, there is also a common pleco.
My fish is quite active and he keeps swimming around happily. He is spooked at times and hides behind the filter. I guess this is because he is not used to me yet but when no one is around the tank, he keeps swimming around. But from yesterday, he is usually hanging around the filter(where I have also installed the heater). Now, I was feeding him medium sized pallets and he loved it. He was happy he kept eating how much ever I gave him, but I kept an eye for the bulge in his belly. Now, yesterday I got shrimps for him (dried, not frozen). I gave him one, he put it inside his mouth, spit it and did that for a couple of times. Then he didn't eat, he just let it be there. So I thought maybe he isn't hungry, so I didn't feed him yesterday night. Today morning, I tried with the shrimp again, he came near it, looked disinterested, and he turned away. Later I thought I'll just give him pallets(which he loves). And I gave him pallets, he took some time, came around and ate the pallet. But he spit it out again, and nothing then after. He is still active, he is swimming around but he isn't eating and sometimes he just hides behind the filter for no reason. Should I do something different? I am pretty sure my nitrogen cycle is fine because of all the substrate, the ceramic rings, the shells etc. I even had activated carbon for couples of hours in the water on the third day or so. What to do?
Thank you.
