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Old August 5th, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Weird mutant babies anyone?

My mate has 15 1 month old guppies and I noticed today that one of them has a deformed tail. It swims realy well and is quite healthy. The tail is realy long but it doesnt have any shape, its just a whip kind of thing. whip tailed guppies would be quite cool. If it survives im going to help breed some more. look out for whip tailed guppies in the near future and you will know who they came from!!! Does anyone else have anything like this?
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Old August 8th, 2005  
Fish Master
 
Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

That's cool! Could you download a pic of the guppy??
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Old August 9th, 2005  
joe
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Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

no i have not seen anything like that please download a picture.
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Old August 9th, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

I wish I could take a decent pic of something that small, how do you do it?
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Old August 10th, 2005  
joe
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Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

i dont know
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Old August 25th, 2005  
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Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

Fletch, you probably need a camera with a good zoom on it.
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Old August 25th, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

Just got one, I've posted some pics already mate. cheers
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Old September 3rd, 2005  
Fish Newbie
 
Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

Hey Fletch where's the pictures?
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Old September 3rd, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

I'll take some tomorrow. the guppy isnt mine so i'll have to take the camera round when I see my mate tomorrow
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Old May 9th, 2006  
Fish Helper
 
Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

Euthenase it........ then it cant mix in with the healthy guppy population propogating bad geneology. Guppies with varied tails are usually bred from normal adults based on normal physical traits... not a deformity.

Best way to euthenase is just feed it to other fish.
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Old May 23rd, 2006  
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Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

Quote:
Originally Posted by ncje
Euthenase it........ then it cant mix in with the healthy guppy population propogating bad geneology. Guppies with varied tails are usually bred from normal adults based on normal physical traits... not a deformity.

Best way to euthenase is just feed it to other fish.
Ouch! That sounded a little cold......... couldn't it simply be kept with others of the same sex or different species so it can't breed? That way it can't pass on genetic disorders, but doesn't have to die. A life is a life, after all.................

S.
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Old May 24th, 2006  
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Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

Sure it can...... but a fish doesnt have the benefits a disabled person may have in life. It cant tell you this disability causes pain every day etc etc.
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Old June 15th, 2006  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

who says this little blessing is in pain if he doesn't look like he's having any problems let him live i mean he sounds cool enough I'd love to see a pic
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Old June 26th, 2006  
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Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

Oh shame, i couldnt possibly murder one of my fish... If its really suffering id consider it but if it swims ok, eats ok looks ok, its ok.
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Old June 27th, 2006  
Fish Addict
 
Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

I cant even cull fish.... I even have trouble killing my fish when they are dieing.
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Old June 27th, 2006  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

u should care for ur fish if they are on their last leg until the go belly up that is just horrible trying to kill ur fish...
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Old January 14th, 2007  
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Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

killing a fish shouldn't be hard, i mean if u can't kill somthing as small as a guppy then thats pretty sad, its the circle of life. However killing a fish because it looks differernt is another thing, if it's deformaty is wearing it down or causing any sort of problems for itself or anyother fish them kill it. But from what you've told us then killing the guppy would simply be a waste of time, effort and is in my opinion crule.

Kill if you need to, do not look back and it will be easy
Do not kill if the fish is fine otherwise i'll................ call peta on you lol, serously though if he is fine leave him alone
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Old January 14th, 2007  
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Re: Weird mutant babies anyone?

BTW We are all still waiting on those pic of the new breed of guppy the whip tail!!!!

~inari
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