My platy fry have pointed tails! Help?!

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cultofpunk

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My 3 platy fry are almost 4 months old. I noticed about 2 days ago that 2 of them have a pointed tail! My biggest one has the worst one its shaped like a pencil point! And my smallest one (which also has a curved spine) is getting to that point but he has a more rectangular tail. I don't know how this happened. I do water changes weekly (sometimes bi weekly depending on my schedule) I have them in the breeder box separate from the bigger fish I always take out uneaten food. I don't know what I'm doing wrong! I tested my water and beside the ph being a bit high as it always is (7.5 so it's not that high) there's nothing im doing differently..what could be causing this and can I do anything to help them? Also is this contagious? Should I move my 3rd healthy fry into another breeder box then?
Here's pics of them:
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My biggest one
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My smallest one with a curved spine


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60g tank
19 Male guppies: Sherbert, Fire, Cesaro, Franco, Jesse, Hunter and Blake (fancy)
Glenn (Lyretail)
Crowley, Captain and Falcon (imported)
Tokatti (Moscow)
Blaze and Rogan (Red and Pink tuxedo)
Dean, Seth, Rhett and Link (Cobra)
1 dwarf gourami, Rusev (male)
6 neon tetras (4 females, 2 males)
2 long tailed zebra tanio
1 zebra tanio
1 black Molly (female)
1 white Molly (female)
2 balloon belly mollies (males)
1 lyretail molly (female)
2 Sunburst Wag platies (females)
2 gold Micky Mouse Platies (1 male 1 female (expecting fry!!))
1 male red Mickey Mouse platy
1 female Blue Mickey Mouse platy
3 Mickey Mouse platy fry (color and genders tbd) born November 15th 2014
2 long fin skirt tetras (1 male and 1 female (expecting fry!!))
1 long fin gold zebra danio
2 long fin red minor tetras
2 rainbow fish
SIP guppies Sky, Walter, Roman, Leakee, Bucky, Hoji, Akira, Daryl,
Koda, Chase, Sunset, Logan, and Utchi
And Golden Mickey Mouse platy Brie, mother of over 70 fry.
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Update: the biggest fry I had I found dead this morning ?


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60g tank
16 Male guppies: Cesaro, Franco, Jesse, Hunter and Blake (fancy)
Glenn (Lyretail)
Crowley, Captain and Falcon (imported)
Tokatti (Moscow)
Blaze and Rogan (Red and Pink tuxedo)
Dean, Rhett and Link (Cobra)
1 dwarf gourami, Rusev (male)
6 neon tetras (4 females, 2 males)
2 long tailed zebra tanio
1 zebra tanio
1 black Molly (female)
1 white Molly (female)
2 balloon belly mollies (males)
1 lyretail molly (female)
2 Sunburst Wag platies (females)
2 gold Micky Mouse Platies (1 male 1 female (expecting fry!!))
1 male red Mickey Mouse platy
1 female Blue Mickey Mouse platy
2 Mickey Mouse platy fry (color and genders tbd) born November 15th 2014
2 long fin skirt tetras (1 male and 1 female (expecting fry!!))
1 long fin gold zebra danio
2 long fin red minor tetras
2 rainbow fish
SIP guppies Sky, Walter, Roman, Leakee, Bucky, Hoji, Akira, Daryl,
Koda, Chase, Sunset, Logan, Utchi, Sherbert, Fire, and Seth
And Golden Mickey Mouse platy Brie, mother of over 70 fry.
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2nd update: smallest fry died yesterday. So I'm down to just one lone fry and I still have no answers to what may have caused this..no Bueno ?


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60g tank
14 Male guppies: Cesaro, Jesse, Hunter and Blake (fancy)
Glenn (Lyretail)
Crowley, and Falcon (imported)
Tokatti (Moscow)
Blaze and Rogan (Red and Pink tuxedo)
Dean, Rhett and Link (Cobra)
1 dwarf gourami, Rusev (male)
6 neon tetras (4 females, 2 males)
2 long tailed zebra tanio
1 zebra tanio
1 black Molly (female)
1 white Molly (female)
2 balloon belly mollies (males)
1 lyretail molly (female)
2 Sunburst Wag platies (females)
2 gold Micky Mouse Platies (1 male 1 female (expecting fry!!))
1 male red Mickey Mouse platy
1 female Blue Mickey Mouse platy
2 Mickey Mouse platy fry (color and genders tbd) born November 15th 2014
2 long fin skirt tetras (1 male and 1 female (expecting fry!!))
1 long fin gold zebra danio
2 long fin red minor tetras
2 rainbow fish
SIP guppies Sky, Walter, Roman, Leakee, Bucky, Hoji, Akira, Daryl,
Koda, Chase, Sunset, Logan, Utchi, Sherbert, Fire, Seth, Captain, and Franco.
And Golden Mickey Mouse platy Brie, mother of over 70 fry.
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It looks like it might have been a genetic disorder due to inbreeding. Just my guess. I'm very sorry.
 
Yup it's all genetic, how many times have you inbred these fish, without crossing them back to their parents?


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