my fishes are acting really wierd

Question
i have a 20 gallon tank and all my cichlids look like they're have seizures and there all together like in a hudle and theyre all shaking what do you think is happinnig

Answer
Hi Angel,
  That can be either a good thing or a bad thing.  If they have little white speckles on them, it is a bad thing and indicates a disease called ick.  If you do see any little white speckles but instead you notice that one fish will sort of go up in front of another to do its shaking thing, then what you are witnessing is a courtship dance.  Males in particular will do this in front of females or in front of other males. It looks like the fish is having a little spasm attack and then it will swim away normally.

-- Ron C.
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