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I feel really bad now. I had no idea keeping him in the small tank did these things. Actually, I thought I was doing him good by keeping him away from the other fish.  I want to be prepared for the next time my fish have babies and not make the same mistake again. So how long should I leave them...

When I change the water weekly, I change all of the water.    If I let him out now, does he risk being eaten by the other fish? And does stunting cause a shorter life span, or will he still have a regular life span?

He's in a mesh tank that rests in the bigger tank. So there's always different water being filtered through it. And it gets changed along with the bigger tank, about every week or so. Unfortunately, it's not a very big tank. I was unable to find a larger one. 

I have a rainbow platy and swordtail that had babies. There's only one surviving baby, and he is at least 6 months old (I'm not sure exactly how old). I've been keeping him in a small baby tank. The other tank is a 10 gallon tank with 3 tetras and the rainbow platy (the baby's father). I want to...