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Birth Defects - but seems to be thriving!

nephiarising

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Anyone else have larvae with obvious defects that seem to be growing well along with all their normal siblings? One of my babies has what looks like a very large cyst making up over 80% of his head. I'll try to get a good picture to show you. He eats just fine and swims almost as well as the others, but I worry about how long he'll live.

I also have an egg thats developing at a steady rate, but its developing as a disc of tissue instead of a real larvae.
 
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This is my little retard <3 he is 2" and 6weeks old. I had another one who had fluid in his stomach who livedfor two weeks like that but didnt make it. But this guy is thriving
 

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:eek:

I was going to say 'retard' in another thread, but thought 'brain damaged' was more PC.
I even stopped myself using :crazy: !

Now I'm all confuzled!

;)

So yes, I have a little 'lotl with a defect, but I'm not too sure if he'll make it or not, never mind thriving. :(
 
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Please be judicious with words that others may find offensive. However, thank you for using it in a biologically correct manner!
 
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