Will My Flowerhorn ever heal up?

[seangtat2kc]

My friend alby-oscar had him in a in a 45 with loaches and other small catfish. He was starting to become aggresive so I took him. He was put into a 150 gallon cichlid community tank. He has always been the smaller guy in the tank and has always been picked on. About 4 month ago I moved him to a 75 by himself to heal up. He has put on size and seems to be healing but its taking along time. He's now in my 400 sectioned off by egg- crate. I have a feeling he will always be scarred. I was wondering if anyone has had a flower horn beat up this bad heal out? Will the scales ever grow back? They seem like they are, I would just expect them to heal faster. Will his fins ever loose the white in them? Thanks for the feedback.

 

[EJKC]

He should with good filtration, and some medicine in no time. I had a jack get the $#14 kicked out of him before, worse than you flower horn and he healed in about a month.

 

[seangtat2kc]

He should with good filtration, and some medicine in no time. I had a jack get the $#14 kicked out of him before, worse than you flower horn and he healed in about a month.

The pictures are of him after he has been healing for at least three months. That's why I think he will never fully recover. He was in worse shape when I moved him. Right now he is sectioned of in a 400 gallon tank that also has a large marbled motoro in it, so I cant medicate. Just give him perfect water, quality food and keep the temp @ 82.

 

[jpizzle4u]

put him in a smaller tank, and put meds. my flowerhorn took about a month for full recovery. also try putting water salt and using stress coat, it has aloe helps with tissue regeneration.

 

[gnuisance]

water changes are key

 

[cichlid2006]

how do rays react with something natural like melafix?

it works great for injuries like your FH has and speeds up the process.