ok so i have a tank and it has swordtails in that i have raised myself form babys but the thing is there male and female and there bortheres and sisters.

what will happen if they breed ? will they deform or does it take a couple of times for them to gradually change ?

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All of the sword tails in shops are (as are most fish) horribly inbred already.

So yes, the more you inbreed them, the more the chance of deformities there are. They can get tail deformities, spinal ones are quite common, and swim bladder ones.

But, tbh, its not the end of the world. If there are some deformed one, which dont die pretty sharpish, put them to sleep if you like.

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should not make a blind bit of difference.

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ok thanks you guys

the male i have is from a shop and is tail is amazingly long so im guessing he's an inbred

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Their all inbred, same as snake morphs, but to a greater extent.

But like mason says, tbh, it doesn't really matter. Breed who you like with who else you like...

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It happens with tank fish you cant stop it either way unless you remove every member of the opposite sex and with some species that can be hard to do. Ive never had any problems from inbreeding fish and never heard of it with other people. However some genetic diversity may be good for them.

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If you're worried about it, just add a new male from a difference source every few generation to mix up the genes.

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cool a race of super inbreeds

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Yeah, in the wild they would also inbreed but females tend to show a preference for unrelated males. Many species of fish inbreed even in the wild, but there is nearly always outbreeding every few generations.
Oh, and a long sword doesn't mean inbreeding necessarily. Wild green swords have the longest, straightest tails...generally the 'unfittest' (either in health or sexual attractiveness) will have bent or mishapen tails...! But, yeah, don't worry too much if they breed!!!

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