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  • Bent Nenon Tetra

    From Computer_prog@hotmail.Com@1:278/230 to All on Tue Jan 27 06:46:00 2004
    I have a pair of Neon Tetras in my tank for about 6 months. They have
    both grown considerably and they appear to be healthy except for one
    of them seems to be "bent" behind his belly. Its body does not run
    straight anymore. Right behind its belly the body has a distinct bend
    that goes out and then comes back again.

    He seems otherwise normal. The tank has 2 clown loaches, a pleco, 2
    guppies, and the two neons. Has anyone seen anything like this
    before? Is this the "Neon Tetra disease"? If so, will it affect any
    of the other fish?
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  • From John Duncan Yoyo@1:278/230 to All on Tue Jan 27 06:46:00 2004
    On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 01:13:08 GMT, "computer_prog@hotmail.com" <computer_prog@hotmail.com> wrote:

    I have a pair of Neon Tetras in my tank for about 6 months. They have
    both grown considerably and they appear to be healthy except for one
    of them seems to be "bent" behind his belly. Its body does not run
    straight anymore. Right behind its belly the body has a distinct bend
    that goes out and then comes back again.

    He seems otherwise normal. The tank has 2 clown loaches, a pleco, 2
    guppies, and the two neons. Has anyone seen anything like this
    before? Is this the "Neon Tetra disease"? If so, will it affect any
    of the other fish?

    I've had several Neons develop this bend. It hasn't jumped to other
    fish. I try to keep Neons in the six to twelve range which seems to
    be a good sized school. Two seems like a small number for a neon
    school.
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  • From Jim Morcombe@1:278/230 to All on Tue Jan 27 06:46:00 2004
    I have a of Guppy like this. I have always assumed I jammed it behind a breeding box and damaged it.

    Jim

    <computer_prog@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4015BB26.3B1B3298@hotmail.com...
    I have a pair of Neon Tetras in my tank for about 6 months. They have
    both grown considerably and they appear to be healthy except for one
    of them seems to be "bent" behind his belly. Its body does not run
    straight anymore. Right behind its belly the body has a distinct bend
    that goes out and then comes back again.

    He seems otherwise normal. The tank has 2 clown loaches, a pleco, 2
    guppies, and the two neons. Has anyone seen anything like this
    before? Is this the "Neon Tetra disease"? If so, will it affect any
    of the other fish?

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  • From Matthew Clark@1:278/230 to All on Wed Jan 28 06:36:00 2004
    Scolosis and other skeletal deformities generally have 4 possible
    causes:

    1. Injury
    2. Systematic infection (like Mycobacteriosis)
    3. Chronic environmental deficiencies (bad diet, high nitrates, etc.)
    4. Genetic deformities resulting from excessive inbreeding or simply
    "bad genes."

    Test your water, make sure there aren't any problems. Neons aren't
    picky about diet, so I'd rule that out (unless you've been feeding it cheesburgers or something) something like Mycobacteriosis is possible,
    and I find injury somewhat hard to believe unless you caused it (neons
    tetras really aren't active enough to injure themselves readily).

    Beyond that, there really is nothing you can do. It is likely an
    individual problem.

    Matthew Clark
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