Missing dorsal fins?!

[Mr.Midas]

So I was looking at my convict fry which are about an inche long now and i noticed that one of them was missing the spines of its dorsal fin, i just assumed it was a birth defect and though it was pretty cool. But now i've noticed it on a few fish and a couple of them have just a few spines missing. The wierd thing is that there arent chunks missing, it looks like someone cut them off with a razor blade :S Has anyone ever heard of that?

 

[chefjamesscott]

are your convicts from the same batch who are breeding you might have an inbred problem there

 

[Mr.Midas]

they quite possibly are, i got them for cheap from a random guy... but they werent born that way, its just developing on some of them

 

[nano cichlids]

id say some one is biting them off but clean enough that you dont notice the little teeth marks

 

[jpappy789]

Are they alone in the tank?

 

[nano cichlids]

no there in with perch i know that for sure. i cant remember what else

 

[jpappy789]

Just saw that according to the "tank setup" in Mr. Midas's prof that the 15 gallon is only fry.

 

[nano cichlids]

ahhh i thought we were talking about his 55 i do believe there alone

 

[Mr.Midas]

yup, the fry are alone in the 15...i dont think its anything illness related because they are all eating like mad

 

[Mr.Midas]

ahhh i thought we were talking about his 55 i do believe there alone

And its a 75....geeze, waaaaay to get your facts straight