Development Rates

[becca320]

Can anyone advise I have searched and cant find anything. With guppy fry is there any noticable difference in development rates between males and females?
I am gonna attempt to seperate my fry tommorow as I am really concernered about interbreeding them and from what I can tell the females seem to have grown far bigger than their male siblings?
Probably a really stupid question but I dont mind showing myself up again !!! LOL

 

[Colin_T]

female guppies grow bigger than males anyway so the young females usually get bigger faster.

 

[helterskelter]

it all depends if you don't feed enough, the fish will grow at the same rate and you only tell once the young males develop colour or a gonopodium which could take around 3 months or so to be sure.

 

[becca320]

thanks for your replies, they are fed VERY well lol
Gonna be a long day tommorow seperating them all ... can't wait
Becks.

 

[debbie888]

thanks for your replies, they are fed VERY well lol
Gonna be a long day tommorow seperating them all ... can't wait
Becks.

LOL good luck with it Becca....!

Debbie
x

 

[becca320]

thanks debbs x

 

[debbie888]

thanks debbs x

Your welcome...maybe we can do a swap if you have any room, you can have some of my molly fry and I will have some of your guppy fry...lol.....infact you can have em all...free to good home!

xx

 

[becca320]

thanks debbs x

Your welcome...maybe we can do a swap if you have any room, you can have some of my molly fry and I will have some of your guppy fry...lol.....infact you can have em all...free to good home!

xx

i have a couple of hundred lol !!!Luckily I know the guy at the lfs but i would love to have some mollys as havent got any yet... I have advertised for a few more tanks elsewhere though so if i get some i will PM you would be very pleased to take some off your hands you want guppies let me know you can have some for free when big enough