Hi all,
I can confirm that Mr P. (that's his name) is a bull nose, I noticed him too. His tail seems ok to me, it just looks like this because the other one got in the way - tell me what you think.
Here is another picture of it (close up):
Other than that he is a very proud little guy, going around with his dorsal fin held high and looks like he is not quite a push over (to put it mildly).
Btw, I am personally not worried about bullnoses, I have bought one knowingly - if I like the personality of the fish its fine by me. And Mr P. is a cute little fellow.
McEve, this lot (Mr P's bunch) were born in ph 7.4, temperature 28 C, ammonia and the rest (including nitrates) 0 (plenty of ceratofillum in the tank and readings taken daily), dgH 4, KH 4 with the addition of bicarbonate of soda (tap water round here comes with KH 0-1).
Are water parameters influencing shape of nose? Btw, there is one more bull nose amongst the fry - this one is from the batch before Mr P. but can't quite tell who his parents are as they are all mixed up of course - the remaining fry seem all fine - can't confirm yet about the new batch - they are too young to tell.