Why Do My Cichlids Shiver/shake And Bounce Off Rocks?

[garybuk]

Just wondering why they do this? the cichlids are listing below ! the blue and yellow ones! (X4)

 

[dthoffsett]

Does it look like they're having an epileptic fit? That's what I've always thought, what you are seeing is normal behavior. It's generally a sign of aggression or a breeding dance.

 

[garybuk]

Does it look like they're having an epileptic fit? That's what I've always thought, what you are seeing is normal behavior. It's generally a sign of aggression or a breeding dance.

Yah it does lol
wooow hopefully breeding!! im hopeing they will breed!!! do they cross breed yellow labs with my Pseudotropheus blue ???

 

[dthoffsett]

Does it look like they're having an epileptic fit? That's what I've always thought, what you are seeing is normal behavior. It's generally a sign of aggression or a breeding dance.

Yah it does lol
wooow hopefully breeding!! im hopeing they will breed!!! do they cross breed yellow labs with my Pseudotropheus blue ???

It's a possibility, I have a female l.caeruleus that will only breed with a m.callainos despite having plenty of her own males to choose from.

 

[garybuk]

Does it look like they're having an epileptic fit? That's what I've always thought, what you are seeing is normal behavior. It's generally a sign of aggression or a breeding dance.

Yah it does lol
wooow hopefully breeding!! im hopeing they will breed!!! do they cross breed yellow labs with my Pseudotropheus blue ???

It's a possibility, I have a female l.caeruleus that will only breed with a m.callainos despite having plenty of her own males to choose from.

haha kool! waiting game to see what happens!

 

[chr15_8]

not just mine then lol.

its been happening for the last 2 weeks or so. the waters perfect and the fish look healthy just hope they dont catch them selves on the sharp rocks

 

[natural blue nina]

I bought some Apistogramma MacMasteri at the weekend - which had paired already. I noticed the boy doing this last night and was a bit worried about it..... yay to it being a good thing though!!!!

Cheers guys!

 

[stan1979]

my cichlids were doing the exact same and rubbing off the coral sand but i thought i read somewhere it may be a sign of amonia in the tank but i checked the water stats and there was none so possibly a new maturnity tank may have to be bought soon,

stan

 

[dthoffsett]

my cichlids were doing the exact same and rubbing off the coral sand but i thought i read somewhere it may be a sign of amonia in the tank but i checked the water stats and there was none so possibly a new maturnity tank may have to be bought soon,

stan

Occasional flicking is usually a sign of aggression rather than breeding and is perfectly normal. However, continous flicking should be looked at more closely.

And chr15, don't worry about the sharp rocks, they shoudn't hurt themselves.