holy hell. what is this late night fish horror stories?So people were right in determining that something was off with your fish...but it was disfiguered not deformed....Your fish is indeed unlucky/lucky...unlucky that he lost part of his midsection but lucky that he did not loose his man part(zoom in to midsection to see)... guess what ?.....my female mota lost part of her midsection too....was on her way to being a stunner and took a bad beating from the male that I didn't catch in time....when she healed where she excreates was literally relocated ..I kid you not.....