[jgrillout]

Hello,
My Blue Johanni recently started shaking he was having a seizure. What is causing this? How can it be cured? It may be a coinecidence the first time I noticed this was yesteray when I was floating a bag of 2 new young adult africans I had just purchased.

 

[Deeda]

Was it like a seizure where the fish lost control of his body and was flipping around OR was it more like quivering and shaking?

 

[jgrillout]

He was quivering and shaking and temporarily seemed to lose control but snapped out of it. the whole event was less than a minute.

 

[Deeda]

I don't think it's anything to worry about as long as he is acting normally now. It may have just been excited with the activity of the addition of the new fish.

 

[jgrillout]

I noticed another fish doing the head shaking just a moment ago.

 

[noki]

This is normal, Malawi cichlids do this behavior to impress or intimidate another fish, some sort of fishy communication about pecking order, territory, breeding.

 

[jgrillout]

thanks