Hatchling with bent-under tail

Heather at HMSG

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I have 10 hatchlings - all eating well. Nine appear totally normal, while little bobby-sox(!) below has a deformed tail.....I have a picture (at 5 days from hatching):
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A few siblings had no gills & didn't survive a day; several that didn't hatch (or that I helped to hatch on Friday) appeared to have this mutation and have died, but this one is eating well, so hopefully will be 'fine'.

The curl illustrated appears to be symetrically underneath to the naked eye, but in the picture appears skewed to one side - not sure whether it is though.

Anyone seen this before?

Heather

ps - a couple of head pics are in my gallery - same age
 
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Great pictures -- did you take them with a microscope? A few of mine have died inexplicably, but none appear to have a bent tail. Maybe it got squashed in the post :happy:. I love your axie tanks btw
 
optimist said:
Great pictures -- did you take them with a microscope?
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Yup - a super bit of kit bought from Lidl just before Christmas - £49 less a few pence - extraordinary value now we've worked out how to use it!

We briefly put the weee axi in one of those microscope slides with a dimple in it - it is shorter than the rest, & fitted easily. We also have several head shots showing spots & base of gill(s). I think there is only one gill arm & two pre-gill stubs, but may be wrong.

There is huge interest from our pupils, & the more we can work them in to the curriculum the better IMO, as I will obviously need to find space for more tanks!

Strangely, I have also been having some success breeding guppies.......totally coincidental.......!

Heather
 
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