Help with sick flowerhorn

[anzo1993]

Hello, I have a 2.5 inch Thai silk Flowerhorn who’s been acting very strange the last month or so, I got him in July 2024 at about an 1.5 inch and seemed to be fine I treated him for parasite’s using metro in the food and he was all alone in a 65 gallon tank, anyways fast forward 2 months he’s about 2.5 inches which is weird because most Flowerhorns I’ve had grow from 1 to 4 inches with 2 months but this guy seems to be growing very slowly, up until about 3 weeks ago he was eating regularly and swimming actively then all of a sudden stopped eating I started seeing white stringy poop and hiding all the time, nothing has changed int he water quality or frequency of the water changes, I do about 1/3 water changes every 5 days, wondering if anyone has any thoughts? at this rate it’s been about a week since I’ve seen him even touch a pellet So I wonder how long he can hang on

 

[AR1]

The thread should be in this forum

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Anyways, what are the water parameters. Also tagging a member who can help
kno4te

 

[kno4te]

What are you currently feeding? I’d retry dosing some epsom salt and in another week metronidazole to the tank if not better. Cont to treat till better.

 

[phreeflow]

There are different internal parasites. A mixture of metro and praziquantel works well or you can try levamisole