My Pregnant Platy Has A Birth Defect!

[ZephyrStarPlaties]

My red wag platy Ember is pregnant, but ever since she was born one of her pectoral fins has just been a little twig. She can swim fine with it though, and she's never been picked on even though she looks weaker. What I'm wondering is, how likely is it that her fry will have the same problem, and if they do get it, will it increase or decrease in severity?

 

[Fishy friend2]

It may happen that the fry will get the same defect, the only advice I have is not to breed her or any of the defected fry again as inbreeding deformed fish will lead to weaker babies, and poorly babies.

 

[OldMan47]

A physical defect of that nature is seldom genetic. I would expect her fry to be just fine. I helped my daughter move over 300 fry, yes egg layers are prolific, from a female cichlid who had a similar defect. All of those fry looked just fine.

 

[ZephyrStarPlaties]

A physical defect of that nature is seldom genetic. I would expect her fry to be just fine. I helped my daughter move over 300 fry, yes egg layers are prolific, from a female cichlid who had a similar defect. All of those fry looked just fine.

Yay! Just wanted to make sure, since she should drop pretty soon.