Hey I think my tetra glofish just had a seizure

[i love my glofishhhhh]

Hi so I just noticed my tetra glofish sitting at the bottom of my tank doing this weird twitching thing it was going on for abt 10 minutes or more and then I just looked again and now it’s swimming around again! Just some context i have 6 tetra glofish and 2 Cory’s! I have a 20-25 gallon tank! The temp is 79.6! I feed them everyday like a good pinch of the food! And I’m so confused did my glofish just have a Mini seizure? By the way if anyone wants to know the name of the fish its peach rings! please help me out!!

 

[Andy Sager]

Hi so I just noticed my tetra glofish sitting at the bottom of my tank doing this weird twitching thing it was going on for abt 10 minutes or more and then I just looked again and now it’s swimming around again! Just some context i have 6 tetra glofish and 2 Cory’s! I have a 20-25 gallon tank! The temp is 79.6! I feed them everyday like a good pinch of the food! And I’m so confused did my glofish just have a Mini seizure? By the way if anyone wants to know the name of the fish its peach rings! please help me out!!

Fish twitching can be a common thing because it's how some fish communicate displeasure with another fish, can be a pre spawning dance, can be the fish had an itch, can be the fish had a heart attack or seizure. As long as the fish has regained a " normal" condition of swimming and eating, I wouldn't worry about it because there's nothing you can do for a heart attack or seizure. If it happens again, try to get it on a 1 minute video and post a link to it here to better help us diagnose the issue.

Hope this helps.

 

[i love my glofishhhhh]

Thanks! Also idk if this helps but she was in the shade and pressed up against the boat decor and she was at the very bottom of the tank!

 

[Andy Sager]

It really doesn't. Maybe a video of the action would have helped eliminate some options but what you are describing doesn't. As I said, there's nothing you can do for a heart attack or seizure in fish. They either pull through it or they don't.

 

[i love my glofishhhhh]

Oh all right peach rings is doing MUCH better in she or he idk the gender but it’s swimming around in its party nd eating and everything so I think we are good

 

[V227]

As noted, the head shaking and shimmying can indicate a lot of different harmless things.

Unfortunately those unusual body motions can also indicate a parasitic infestation, in particular gill flukes.

It wouldn't hurt to dose a round of Prazipro just to be on the safe side. Doing so won't negatively impact the aquarium environment.