Dwarfism in fish?

[Joshuakahan]

Just wondering if fish can have the equivalent of dwarfism. I have a female Warmouth that seems to have maxed out at 4.5”. She has a deformed mouth which made this occur to me. She eats a ton and seems healthy otherwise. Parameters are good and she spent most of her life in a 120. I recently moved her to a 30 since she was being out grown by the other fish and starting to get bullied. I’ve had her about 3 years since she was 1”.
Also, assuming she is maxed out at 4.5”, any ideas on one or two tank mates?

 

[0wen_96]

im guessing shes staying in the 30 for life?

 

[Joshuakahan]

im guessing shes staying in the 30 for life?

Yes, unless I see more growth, but she hasn’t grown any more in 6 months

 

[Deadeye]

Could be stunting?
I have a jack that has only grown 2.5 inches in a year.
Someone on here had a Senegal that wouldn’t grow.
There probably is dwarfism, it would make sense.

 

[Joshuakahan]

Could be stunting?
I have a jack that has only grown 2.5 inches in a year.
Someone on here had a Senegal that wouldn’t grow.
There probably is dwarfism, it would make sense.

I’m not sure what would’ve caused her to be stunted since she’s always been in large enough tanks with good parameters and was well fed, but I can’t say for certain she’s not stunted. Wow, that’s really slow for a JD, does it have anything different about it that stands out otter than slow growth?

 

[Joshuakahan]

Just wondering if fish can have the equivalent of dwarfism. I have a female Warmouth that seems to have maxed out at 4.5”. She has a deformed mouth which made this occur to me. She eats a ton and seems healthy otherwise. Parameters are good and she spent most of her life in a 120. I recently moved her to a 30 since she was being out grown by the other fish and starting to get bullied. I’ve had her about 3 years since she was 1”.
Also, assuming she is maxed out at 4.5”, any ideas on one or two tank mates?

 

[0wen_96]

you can prob get a madtom

 

[Joshuakahan]

you can prob get a madtom

Good idea! Didn’t think about those

 

[Fishnerd360]

I feel maybe there’s a dwarfism mutation gene or something like that. Because once I bought 4 algae eaters, 3 were growing, one just didn’t budge, but after a year or 2, he finally started growing, and almost got to the same size as the other 3.

 

[0wen_96]

same because my flowerhorn is already a year old and is still 7.5 inches