Can Yellow Babies Be Females

[veeja111]

I am trying to seperate my male and female guppies and platys into seperate tanks to stop breeding, am having a hard time telling sex. yellow male seems to be fathering most as each mommy has about 1/2 yellow babies, can any of the yellow offspring be female ? just figured being so colorfull, they were all male, are they ? ty for any input. carol

 

[This Old Spouse]

I'm only familiar with guppies, and there can indeed be yellow females. They're called blondes, and I have two who are now mature. The best way to tell sex is by looking at the anal fin. If it's kind of a slightly rounded triangle, it's a female. The male's is more pointed, and that will later become the gonopodium.

 

[amy1994]

I know this is a diagram of a platy, but the same rule applies for guppies. http/www.google.co...iw=1366&bih=613
Hope this helps

 

[This Old Spouse]

The anal fin on a female guppy is triangular, not round like a platy. But in contrast to a male's pointy fin, that diagram helps.

 

[veeja111]

gettin okay at tellin males from females, just wonderin if I had to check yellow ones, as they are harder to tell. looks like yellow male got both my females they are both havin yellow babies. darn off to stare at fish again ty