Fire Fish Twitching Whole Body

[digger4rc]

I have a fire fish in QT, day 8. He has started twitching his entire body. I understand that they tend to twitch their fins, but can't seem to find anything on this behavior. Is this indicative of a disease? You can clearly see it near the end of this video:

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[cloak]

I'm not seeing anything out of the ordinary. It looks fine to me.

 

[tzylak]

I got one of these for a month now. Usually it hid in the rocks only to come out to feed. It would twitch often.
Now it comes out more often, just to explore (or more hungry). But it eats well and twitches a lot.
BTW, When it twitches its fins, its entire body moves too. So your current discovery might have to do with how you look at it.
Have fun!

 

[gone fishin]

Sorry I am not seeing anything out of the ordinary. good luck

 

[digger4rc]

This might show it better

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[Waters40]

Still looks normal.....do you have a lot of flow in the QT? Sometimes they constantly twitch when they are being blown around trying to maintain their position.

 

[Tin Man]

My firefish is in QT now. That's what mine does. It's not twitching; it's swimming. One of the benefits of owning a firefish.

 

[3FordFamily]

Yes, that is standard firefish behavior.

My 5 firefish all do this.

 

[igot2gats]

Agreed with everyone else. It's what a Firefish does. No more worries for you.

Glad to see that you're using a QT, btw.

 

[Fishmommy]

Lots of fish do this. I think it indicates thought or conflict on the fishes part. But then again I like to personify

 

[gone fishin]

Lots of fish do this. I think it indicates thought or conflict on the fishes part. But then again I like to personify

I think he just listening to some Creedence.:lol2:

 

[bluecoyote79]

Looks totally normal to me. Mine twitches to keep herself positioned in the water column.

 

[snorvich]

I'm not seeing anything out of the ordinary. It looks fine to me.

Same here.

 

[digger4rc]

Thanks for the replies. Helps sooth the nerves a bit.

The QT does not have a lot of flow. Just a simple Aqueon HOB filter from "the pile" rated up to 20g. The MJ900 in there was only in there from when I drained/refilled the QT. I was thinking about moving a Koralia n425 into the QT to add some flow but concerned about adding too much. It's only a 10g tank.