As it reads I have a 4 inch RTC (not my first I have 4 or 5 bigger guys) but I have never had this happen he is in a grow out tank (55 gallons) with a 2 inch red devil and a 3 inch hybrid flowerhorn all are doing well besides some ich which has been addressed with salt and heat I did 1 table per 5 gallons to try not to hurt the catfish and it usually works out for me and I last night I fed him so tailpa cuts while I was feeding the bigger fish in my other tanks and he ate fine he was super fat afterwards so I left him and I come back out now and he is shaking and trembling anyone know what it is?
It is physically shaking then will swim off and be fine but then shortly after it will start shaking again
Yeah I did another 50% and he seems to be doing fine he ate last night so he is still fat from tailpa the other fish in the tank don’t seem to be bothered by anything
I will check back on him tmr since I’m back at college and give yall a update hopefully he will live
At the face value of the info, this sounds extremely unusual. The only thing that this reminds me of anything is that we had a Pimelodus albicans catfish infested with some internal parasites, which caused it to convulse with some regularity. We fed it food laced with metronidazole and praziquantel mix and the convulsions stopped in about a week. I assume the parasites were either causing pain or directly irritated nerves of the fish, maybe even the brain.
The only other times I saw fish shake is when they use this as a display or courtship / spawning dance.
The only other times I saw fish shake is when they use this as a display or courtship / spawning dance.
