My Molly had babies a few days ago and I noticed one has a bend in his spine. He is eating and swimming fine. I figured that if he was truly having trouble one of the adults would eat him. The adults seem to have no interest in eating any of the babies. The one with a bend even swam infront of one and it looked the other way. Will he swim fine is adulthood?
Posted by Valk_77
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Didn’t mean to add the second pic oops sorry
I think ankylosaurs have been dead for a minute
I definitely wouldn’t let him breed if it can be avoided, but I’ve seen plenty of fish with spinal deformities survive to adulthood and have a decent quality of life. They are very resilient. If he’s eating, responsive, and able to move around alright, I don’t think it’s cruel at all to let him live! Keeping him from breeding is another issue though. Perhaps instead of euthanasia, you could move him to a different tank?
As long as he’s getting around alright and eating he’ll be perfectly fine! Also, ^(You must TOUCH the bronze model of Zuul)
The ankylosaurus picture is random 🙂
My sister took on someone else’s aquarium and looked after it for several years.
The last remaining had a spinal deformity and outlived my sister. She named the fish Silvey and we all grew very fond of it’s crooked little swim. We never knew it developed the bent spine as it aged but it was certainly a very content fish.
I had a guppy like this we named squiggles who outlived many of his siblings. He loved the planted aquarium and would rest himself on leaves near the top of the tank