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[ediaz]

they are fine, i get spawns form the same pair, some just cruise in circles non stop since the tanks are round, some just sit there and enjoy the view. If they were born with no bladder they would have never swim.

I don't have much experience with deformities but keep the artemia a little longer.

put that book down...

Ed

 

[Kathy55g]

We'll talk later about the book.
Thanks for the assurance Ed.
K

 

[Kathy55g]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7174770#post7174770 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by FuEl
Are they growing as fast as your previous batches? Fishes with swim bladder problems often develop spinal deformities and they tend to grow slower (since they do spend more energy swimming around). If they are growing at the same rate their swimming behavior may indeed be related to habit.

They seem to be about right with growth rate.

 

[Kathy55g]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7173971#post7173971 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LotR Clown
FWIW
My clowns tend to stay together and only enter the water column seperating themselves at feeding time. They also like to stay at the bottom corner in a ball. They are percs and are just about 6weeks. I thought it might be swim bladder, but they seem to be able to go into the column when they want.

Kevin

Thanks Kevin, I think that is what mine are doing too. perhaps I over reacted....

 

[Kathy55g]

They can swim. I think these are all right after all.

 

[Kathy55g]

Oops I moved it.

Oops I moved it.

 

[Kathy55g]

 

[NicoleC]

Great to hear!

Mine never did swarm together like that. I wonder why?

 

[Kathy55g]

When I came back from Italy, they were all grouped up. Then, as the water quality improved, and i scraped the algae out of their tank, they spread out a little, but they have been hosting in the PVC lately, instead of huddling in the corner, and I am glad of that.

I had noticed a lot of jaw deformities in this batch just before I left, and it seemed that about a third of them were affected. Since then, the worst one, his mouth was a tube that he could never close, died of his own accord, and one other one, and I have not noticed more than a couple of underbites on the fish. Perhaps many of them grew out of the problem, or perhaps it was the power of suggestion, when I saw old tube mouth, I began to see the defect in more of the fish. Despite all my worries for this hatch, they seem just fine, now. Go figure. Thanks for the words of encouragement, Nicole!