Fish won't eat

I have 17 red parrot fishes and one pleco, but one of my parrots (Angel) won't eat. The pH and ammonia level are normal, I changed the water 3 days ago, but it still smells like dead fish. I had angel for about 3 years, when I wave the bottle of food in front of them they all come to the surface for food. Angel has been experiencing color loss. I tried separating him from the others and added lots of food but that didnt work. He spits everything back out, I think he's throwing up. I'm out of ideas, I don't want to loose him.

Have you tried different foods? Just feeding him a lot of a food it doesn't like won't work. Try some frozen blood worms, brine shrimp, krill, live guppies, live brine. Vary it until you find something he will eat. I am willing to bet he will readily accept blood worms or brine shrimp.

impur said:

I am willing to bet he will readily accept blood worms or brine shrimp.

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Just about all fishes will accept Bloodworms or Brine shrimp, dang thoses picky fishes Ya, but try to buy different foods. Fishes need variety as people do. Oh, and dont feed him a load of food, that's called overfeeding. Angel will eat when the time is right.

Thanks for all your advice but Angel died yesterday. I tried bloodworms already but he rejected that too.

check your temperature.
the higher it is the more the fish eat.
the lower it is the lesss fish eat.

I am sorry to hear that Angel died.

What are the tank specs?

Temp
Ammonia
Nitrites
Nitrates
ph

braders said:

check your temperature.
the higher it is the more the fish eat.
the lower it is the lesss fish eat.

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This is not true.

What are the tank specs?

Temp
Ammonia
Nitrites
Nitrates
ph

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Temp: 79 F
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrites: 0ppm
Nitrates: (Don't have a test for nitrates yet)
pHP: 7.0