All Fry Have Colour

[amylw1]

hi,

all 26 of the guppy fry nowhave colour (the blond has a tiny black dot on tail). most are red/blue mix tails, plain red tails, plain blue tails and greeny-yellow tails.

does this mean they are all male?


they are nearly 9weeks old, some are bigger than others in length. some have rounded bellies (?female?) whereas some are more flat (?male?) i cant see gravid spots on any of them yet nor can i see that any of the fins have changed shape to become male.

 

[helterskelter]

Females can develop colour to the tails too, but generally very little in the body it's self.

From 26 fish your surly have a good mix of males and females. If you can get a goodish pic then it would be much easier but i know this is difficult at the best of times.
The only way to be sure is to wait for the males to develop a gonopodium, which at 9 weeks will be almost about now. In males which are developing it starts to go slightly more pointed as colour develops, so you may be able to see this about now.

Good luck

 

[chesterjohn]

Females can develop colour to the tails too, but generally very little in the body it's self.

From 26 fish your surly have a good mix of males and females. If you can get a goodish pic then it would be much easier but i know this is difficult at the best of times.
The only way to be sure is to wait for the males to develop a gonopodium, which at 9 weeks will be almost about now. In males which are developing it starts to go slightly more pointed as colour develops, so you may be able to see this about now.

Good luck

I have a baby that appears to have developed a gonopodium, but is larger than the males that I have already. It is also starting to get a slight green colour on the body, but I have no idea whether it's a male or female. Could it possibly be a very colourful female?

 

[helterskelter]

Females can develop colour to the tails too, but generally very little in the body it's self.

From 26 fish your surly have a good mix of males and females. If you can get a goodish pic then it would be much easier but i know this is difficult at the best of times.
The only way to be sure is to wait for the males to develop a gonopodium, which at 9 weeks will be almost about now. In males which are developing it starts to go slightly more pointed as colour develops, so you may be able to see this about now.

Good luck

I have a baby that appears to have developed a gonopodium, but is larger than the males that I have already. It is also starting to get a slight green colour on the body, but I have no idea whether it's a male or female. Could it possibly be a very colourful female?

I've seen males get to 30mm body size (not including the tail) before and this is a real monster in the guppy world. If it has a gonopodium it's a male.
As for colour, very few females have body colour other then blue's and blacks.

 

[amylw1]

hi,

none of them have body colour only on tails. will add few pics of some that have got colour.

 

[amylw1]

this shows 1 red and 1 blue, just uploading some more from camera

 

[helterskelter]

The 2 side on are defo your males

 

[chesterjohn]

The 2 side on are defo your males

Really? I thought they look female

 

[amylw1]

i have kept 6 of the babies, my mate has taken the rest and she doesnt care if they breed - she has 6 in her tank already and are mixed, had them 7months and got no babies.

i have 2 of the reddy-orange (like 1 in pic), a blue, a yellow-green and 2 blondes - thought i only had 1 when born.


no idea of what they are. but if turn out male will stick in small tank babies were in.

 

[biokid101]

those r some nice lookin fry..my oldest fry just turned 6 months 2 days ago and they r 2 male and 1 female and the female hasnt even started to get color yet..my males turned into males at around 3 and a half months and they had color around 2 months so some shud be turning to male soon

 

[amylw1]

those r some nice lookin fry..my oldest fry just turned 6 months 2 days ago and they r 2 male and 1 female and the female hasnt even started to get color yet..my males turned into males at around 3 and a half months and they had color around 2 months so some shud be turning to male soon

thank you for your comment.

as someone said earlier the red is male. (well both reds are male, their fin cchanged to a prong definately!). the 2 blondes and the blue and yellow all look female - the fin looks llike my "mother" fish. so i will be putting them in the tank babies were in.

the 2 reds now have really long top fins that are bright blue! they are gorgeous. the blue 1s tail is looking a turquoise rather than blue (if that makes sense) and the yellow has more black on tail then yellow.


the rest that my friend took have also got loads of colour - out of the 20 she had she has 3 red/orange like mine, a "salmony-pink", a couple of blue, a couple of green and yellow and loads that only have black markings no colour yet. but she also said that some have flowing top fins and tails.

 

[amylw1]

here is 1 of the red fry, now 15weeks old, not sure if its the 1 from above or its brother!

 

[OldMan47]

There is no doubt about that red tailed one. He is a male although it is hard to pick out the details of his colors. Whether it is a brother or a close relative from a different drop really does not matter much. Fish do not respect the human prejudice against breeding brother and sister. That means that you must decide what you are going to do when the breeding happens. You have some simple choices that are made more complicated by our own individual prejudices and attitudes. If you allow inbreeding, you must be willing to remove any poor quality fry from the breeding population. They can be isolated away from the population that is allowed to breed or can be used to feed larger fish. If you do that, each brother / sister cross will lead to a cleansing of the genetic material in your tank. If you cannot bring yourself to remove the potential defectives from your population, for whatever reason, do not allow any inbreeding. Allowing in-breeding without a resulting cleansing of the gene pool is called irresponsible.

 

[amylw1]

as i have more female guppies (inc mother and other adult) than males i have moved them to the small tamk babies were in. i didnt buy the females to breed from - but for the kids to watch, and the males in shop all had chunks out of tails. getting the babies was a total supprise, but i hopefully have seperated them soon enough so not to get more babies.

 

[OldMan47]

You will get more fry Amylw1. It can hardly be avoided when females are capable of continuing to produce fry from a single mating for as much as 6 months. You will avoid any inbreeding though.