My Tetras

[NickAu]

These tetras were headed for the toilet, So I took them home and was planing to put them in the 6 foot tank, However I like the way they look in my tank, They live in a 20 us gallon tank with a rescue Gourami and 2 rescued BN Plecos , and 3 Apple snails not rescued unless you count LFS and a number of glass and cherry shrimp.
 
3 of the tetras look a bit funny They look kinda bent?. I have had them for almost 2 weeks now. Are they ok?

PS there are 15 of them in the tank no idea of sex.

 

[fluttermoth]

Sorry you haven't had a reply yet.
 
They don't look quite normal, but whether that's because they're females full of eggs or due to a congenital deformity is hard to say. I doubt it's anything that's infectious, or something that you can do anything about.

 

[Byron]

I thought I had responded on this issue, along with others...perhaps there is another thread on the same problem?  I can't find it now, but no matter.
 
I agree with fluttermoth.  This is most likely genetic.  I have seen this in various species over the years, but to my knowledge it has never spread to other fish, so I chalk it up to genetic.  Of course, some diseases can cause this sort of deformity, or similar, but I would doubt that applies here; in those situations, the fish more or less simply bends in a sort-of bow, and that is not what you have in these photos.
 
Byron.

 

[fluttermoth]

I thought I had responded on this issue, along with others...perhaps there is another thread on the same problem?  I can't find it now, but no matter.

We did lose some data in the server crash, so I think replies to this thread may have got lost then

 

[Byron]

 

I thought I had responded on this issue, along with others...perhaps there is another thread on the same problem?  I can't find it now, but no matter.

We did lose some data in the server crash, so I think replies to this thread may have got lost then

 

Yes, that was probably it.  Thanks.