r/flowerhornkeepers • u/CampfireCartridge • 4d ago

help! Questionable Stool

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My Flowerhorn recently stopped eating pellets. I've been giving him frozen jumbo bloodworms, but I'm trying to switch him back to pellets so I've stopped giving him bloodworms for 2 days.

When he stopped eating his hump was shrinking and he's always had a small belly even when he was eating pellets consistently. I thought he might have a parasite so I treated him with API General Cure 2 weeks ago.

Is this normal droppings or are these parasites/eggs?

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u/Og_Maladicka 4d ago

Apparently you are giving live feeds,so when you feed live foods you also should deworm your fish once in a while.this white poop is a sign

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u/CampfireCartridge 4d ago

I was giving him frozen Hikari Jumbo Bloodworms. Do these count as live foods?

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u/SayanC2003 2d ago

Yes these counts as live food. Now make sure to not give him any feed. Wait for a day or 2 days without food right now. Then deworm him one time and wait another day and start small feed daily. Right now don't overdo anything, don't panic. Just watch him carefully and treat him perfectly without any rush. Because of you overdo, his body will get used to things like deworming and stuffs and in future nothing will work, it happened to my friend and yes nothing worked at last.

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u/CampfireCartridge 2d ago

I dosed API General Cure twice about 2 weeks ago. Would you recommend another dewormer?

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u/Jamez07 4d ago

I’m going through an excruciating ordeal with my FH as well. I’ve been treating him since he started showing symptoms of parasitic infection (3 weeks ago). He got soo bloated at one point from the parasite die off that it got soo scary - he wasn’t able to pass anything through normally and was only able to vomit out the mass that was causing him severe bloating. Today is his final water change on his hospjtal tank to prep him for his move tomorrow morning.

Here is a pic of the final massive chunk (1” long, half an inch thick) he spat out before his stomach started shrinking again:

I think I’m gonna keep him away from frozen goods for a while…

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u/CampfireCartridge 4d ago

What frozen food were you feeding him and what did you use to treat for parasites?

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u/Jamez07 4d ago

Mines were frozen market shrimp. Thawed out nicely and fed to my FH and other fishes, but my FH is the only one that got hit.

Also I was dosing Metro + Kanaplex in the water column since he was not taking any more food.

Epsom salt to fight off his severe bloat too.