A Few Questions About My Mbuna

[nukeonekitty]

You guys might remember me talking about my fishy emergency when the temperature dropped and my fish were all acting weird??? Well I told you that one of the yellow labs, red zebra and the Maylandia greshakei were having seizures and I was told to treat for ich... I treated for ich and I have noticed the same fish shaking again... is this a different parasite hurting them? What do I need to do? Also, the red zebra is like tormenting the other zebras... like he won't let them leave the corners of the tank. This has always been my most passive fish so it is odd! Maybe I rearrange the rocks to stop aggression?

 

[adambrum]

The shakes are normal its one fish showing another fish to back off or its a breeding shake quite normal.

A bit of a rearrangement might calm the zebra down, I have had the same thing a while back and in the end it sorted its self out.

It sounds as if you tanks having a bit of a challenge in pecking order as the fish are maturing not much can be done until the pecking order is sorted out again.

 

[Gatorbait]

The shakes are normal its one fish showing another fish to back off or its a breeding shake quite normal.

A bit of a rearrangement might calm the zebra down, I have had the same thing a while back and in the end it sorted its self out.

It sounds as if you tanks having a bit of a challenge in pecking order as the fish are maturing not much can be done until the pecking order is sorted out again.

Great post.

 

[nukeonekitty]

Thanks a lot! I was worried it was a parasite!

 

[Gatorbait]

Thanks a lot! I was worried it was a parasite!

Just so you know and don't get worried when they start flashing in a while, both shaking and flashing are normal with Mbuna. They'll flash quite a bit at times and you'll think they're coming down with ich.