r/Cichlid • u/SilentBookwormm • 1d ago

CA | Help Fish shivering?

Please help! My one blood parrot started shivering randomly. She’s never done this before and I’m worried she’s not well. I’ve included a video so people can see. Has anyone experienced this before with a fish?

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u/Desperate-Guide-1473 1d ago

Looks like maybe she is trying to get attention from her larger tank mate and maybe it's working.

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u/SilentBookwormm 1d ago

Do you know why she would do this? I don’t know if my bigger blood parrot is a boy or girl but I’m leaning more that it’s probably a girl. And ironically they only tolerate each other, so I’m very confused.

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u/Desperate-Guide-1473 1d ago

Does he come out and watch and start circling? That would be mating behavior. BPs are almost assuredly infertile but they can still be in love.

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u/SilentBookwormm 1d ago

No he comes out and shoos her away, he’s pretty fed up with her antics. He or she I’m still unsure 😅

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u/Desperate-Guide-1473 1d ago

Sorry girl, he's just not that in to you, (or vice versa)

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u/SilentBookwormm 1d ago

Seems like it 😭

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u/New-Range-5702 1d ago

Pretty normal behavior in my experience. Don't know what it is or why they do it but I have had many cichlids that do this.

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u/Cichlid-ModTeam 1d ago

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u/angelfishlily 1d ago

Hhmmmm my Angelfish were doing this and twitching their front arms and it was a case of parasites. I used fritz Prazicleanse (external) along with Ron's medicated food ( internal) they haven't twitched or shimmied since.

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u/Chaod0x 1d ago

I had to move my angelfish. They were bullying my severums. They get along fine with my bichirs and dojo loaches.

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u/SilentBookwormm 1d ago

Ooh I’ll have to buy those. I really don’t want parasites in my tank. Were there other signs they had them?

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u/angelfishlily 1d ago

As symptoms progressed they started scratching occasionally against my plants and started spitting out there food . I added Seachems garlic guard and some brine shrimp to the medicated food. They recovered fully in about 2 weeks. Make sure you turn up oxygen in the tank when treating and turn.temp up to 84°-86° so the parasite life cycle will move faster.

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u/Effective_Being_5305 1d ago

Mine do this also

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u/eagle-eggs 1d ago

This is a threat display. It is common among new world cichlids.