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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Red Devil Twiching HELP!
my friends red devil is twitching his head in a fast motion in his tank. the tank is a 55 gallon with an oscar,jack dempsy and an african cichilid. does anyone know if this is normal? | 
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Doesn't sound normal.
What are the water parameters?
Has it recently gotten into a fight with any of the other cichlids?
Could there be something stuck in its throat?
I know this does not pertain to the topic:
but just a thought for the future - that tank is severly overstocked. And red devils get their names through their personalities. There should only be one of those fish in the tank. Not all 3. | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| fosho | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| there all stable where they should be for african cichlids so i know thats not the problem | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Well, african cichlids have different water requirements than SA cichlids. | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| I don't know anything about RD's but twitching his head seems like aggression.  | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| doesn't sound normal to me, have you noticed anything else wrong with him? has he been eating and swimming normally? any sign of disease ( ICH, fin rot, parasites, etc)? | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| yeah he has been eating and swimming fine and i havent noticed any diseases with him. he usually twitches in the morning when i wake up and at night. | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Maybe it has something to do with the tank being overstocked? Not enough room? | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| nah he has alot of room to swim around | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| How large are they? To keep all three, your friend would have to have a 120 gal. tank, at least that. | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| can you get a video of it? | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| i think there all 4 inches and the oscar is 12 inches | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Wow. Maybe the Oscar attacked it. That's food for an Oscar that large.
They really should be in a different tank, with the Oscar alone in the 55. | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| eh its not my problem anyway i was just asking for him they actually seem very peacefull from my observations there is no aggression whatsoever and the red devil is very peacefull just has that weird twiching thing | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Well, your friend really should take everything except for the Oscar to a LFS. It's the humane thing to do. The Red Devil is called a devil for a reason. | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| but what is the twiching its not because of the other fish in the tank i know that | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I'm really not sure. Is it a violent twitch? Or is it more of a shaking? Is it rubbing itself against anything in the tank? | |
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March 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| well he tells me hes noit rubbing agianst anything and its not violent its just a body twitch | |
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March 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| No its not a violent twitch its just a head twitch like people do with there heads | |
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March 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| He's still doing it?
Is there any way that you could post a video?
I just read that this is a symptom of gill flukes, could that be it?
Last edited by Amanda; March 7th, 2009 at 12:19 PM.
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