Ryanlr88
Aquarium Advice Activist
I have two jewels I bought 2 years ago from a lfs. They were from the same batch. Luckily enough they were male and female and paired up and started breeding once they got big enough. I currently have 30+ 0.5-1.5" little guys. Already sold a dozen back to my lfs. When they were really young I noticed a few of them didn't swim so good and other than feeding time they scooted around on the bottom. They seem to sink way faster than the other fish. I can't tell if they fins are smaller than the rest or what. But I figured they would grow out of it and simply develop slower. Well now it's been 6+ months and they are all approaching 1" and still swim poorly. Is this even going to change? Is it common during breeding for a few to turn out bum? Is it because if inbreeding? And more importantly is there anything I can do with them? I don't want to just send them off to the ocean but I don't really want bum fish in my tanks either. If anyone has any insight on the situation that would be much appreciated. Thus was my first batch ever breeding and I figure there will be more in the future. Thanks