Guppy Baby Question

[AstonN24vantage]

yay! another of the millions of questions about guppies around here. ill try to make mine not boring, however. okay, so on december 19th i became a father-in-law (at the age of 12 ) and was wondering if the babies of guppies develop any color during their babyhood because i have plain, colorless ones. i was wondering because platies and mollies and swordtails are born with color but i wasnt sure if guppies were.

thanks
astonn24vantage

 

[Verminator89]

Your 12 right?

 

[helterskelter]

Guppies are plan in colour and can take 4-8 weeks to start to develop any colour, Moscows will express black colouration from 2-3 weeks of age on males.

 

[hughessomefish]

Some show darkish-grey colors at birth, but there adulthood color delvelops at adulthood.

 

[AstonN24vantage]

ok! i dont wanna have plain, ugly, dull fish. thanks for the quick responses.

 

[biokid101]

well idk if my females were moscows but my fry have developed color in 2 weeks? and all have black on them from 2 different females..what do moscows look like?

 

[helterskelter]

Moscow gene expresses 100% colouring to the whole body.
This is why fry show black marking from a young age.

Here is one of my Moscow blues

 

[fish48]

nice fish helterskelter

 

[AstonN24vantage]

nice. i can only get fancy and "assorted" from where i live, if the lfs can tell the difference in gender your lucky! can i nominate your guppy for fish of the month? (cause i will)

 

[biokid101]

wooow nice looking fish! the lfs only says fancy guppy but the last female that gave birth was half black half clear and her fry are all colored and they r only about 4 weeks old

 

[OldMan47]

A nice half black guppy can be just as stunning as that Moscow. I never buy them at my club auctions because I simply have no place in my tanks to set them up for breeding and I won't pay the price just to dump them in with my other guppies.

 

[AstonN24vantage]

anyone wanna second that?