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Posted	Deformed tails!
26-07-2005 02:01 by ono	hey some of my babies have deformed tails, some guy said to kill them, but thats cruel, is there any chance it could get better as they grow? or is there a treatment?
26-07-2005 07:55 by tony	are we talking human babies or fish?
26-07-2005 07:57 by tony	ono, of course you can look after them and rear them, but nobody will want them from you later on. also, if they bred, they would likely pass the fault onto their babies. in the wild, such ones would tent to get picked off by predators.
26-07-2005 07:57 by Alan	What you are probably seeing are genetic deformities caused by excessive in breeding. What species are you breeding? How serious are the deformities i.e. is it preventing them from swimming feeding etc? There is no treatment available if you decide not to cull them it is unlikely you would be able to rehome them unless you can find enough people with tank space to house them until they live out their days the most important thing is not to breed from them at all. Your problem may have been caused by breeding fish that you purchased at the same time from a shop. In a lot of cases the fish will be brothers and sisters it is always sensible to buy fish you intend to breed either months apart or from a different shop to minimise the risk of further in breeding. If you do intend to keep them I would house them with fish that will predate on any new young this will prevent further handling of deformed fish. I'm afraid there is very little chance of curing them due to it being a genetic deformity. Equally it is very difficult to say whether or not they will improve with age with out knowing the level of deformity and the species involved plus their condition at this time.
27-07-2005 11:15 by Dave	As said before, in the wild these would be picked off, if you raise them they could breed again and weeken the whole strain. Just look at mollies now from 5 years ago, quality is WAY down. I try to spot the runts as early as possible and feed them to the larger fish - its a quick way to go, and no waste.
01-08-2005 00:22 by ono	I know this is off subject but, my baby guppies are eating like crazy, they look like they are going to form another stomach. Do fish have the brains to stop eating when they are full?
01-08-2005 08:46 by kittykat	guppy fry should always be fed well cause they'll grow faster then. once they are full, they will stop (although it might take some time for them to realise that they are full ). what are you feeding them?
05-08-2005 21:19 by ono	Ok, I was moving my fry around today (that is not the point) and I guess while i was trying to grab one of my fry, the net sort of crushed a fry, he lived, but he has a terrible bend on his back going inwards. Will he by any chance get healed? If you think of a broken bone on your arm, it gets better eventually, but is that the same for fish?
05-08-2005 22:24 by ono	Here is a picture of the poor little fellow:
05-08-2005 22:26 by ono	as an answer to your other question, I feed them a mix of two types of flakes brand crushed together
05-08-2005 22:26 by ono	Could this problem on my fry also be because of malnutrition? And if so, will he or she ever get better?
06-08-2005 11:33 by kittykat	looks like a broken spine he will probably die, but you can never be sure with fry... no, this is not caused by malnutrition, weak bones are caused by of lack of calcium, but fry are fragile cause of their size more than anything else... i use a small clear cup-like thing (you know, the ones you get with small candles?) cause they are clear, the fry don't notice them, and swim right in... all i have to do then, is lift it out of the water (with the fry in and the water). so the fry never even leaves the water. K
06-08-2005 21:23 by ono	he eats alot, and seems to be doing well, not harased by the other fry, so there is no possibility that he/ she will get better?
07-08-2005 09:20 by kittykat	he might be ok. like i said, fry are too small to tell exactly what's wrong with them
13-11-2005 21:48 by guppies	aww don't kill it, that would be cruel, just wait and see what happens.
13-11-2005 23:33 by KittyKat	1. this was over 3 months ago 2. it is a LOT harder to cull grown fish. if a fry has an obvious defect & will likely suffer because of it in future life: it is best to cull.
14-11-2005 08:37 by yanton	the picture is an obvious case of genetic abnormality. they need to be culled (as they would in the wild) to prevent breeding and deterioration of the strain.

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