The 'Golden Child Guppy' - Unusual Looking Fry?

[totally tropical]

Bought a male and 3 female guppies a few weeks ago - in the LFS the males were in separate tanks from the females. Anyhow one of the females that I purchased was heavily pregnant, so did not know as to whom the father was.

The female in question has just dropped her fry a few days ago and they are now in a breeding net - all the fry are currently a dull grey colour so nothing unusual there. One of the fry is completely golden - the fins, everything and is slighltly larger than the rest and obviously stands out like a beacon!

Is this very unusual? The last time I bred guppies was when I was 16 so do not know if the occasional oddball is nothing rare or unusual.

 

[Ludwig Venter]

I think what you're referring to is what I call "blondies".... I have seperated these from the other guppies and now have a tank full of goldens (blondies)... and any "throwbacks" (to the grey variety) I find in their tank, I remove to keep the strain "pure".... They are now (re) established and very seldom have fry of other colour...The males have red tails.

(I have a photo somewhere... will find and post)

 

[totally tropical]

I think what you're referring to is what I call "blondies".... I have seperated these from the other guppies and now have a tank full of goldens (blondies)... and any "throwbacks" (to the grey variety) I find in their tank, I remove to keep the strain "pure".... They are now (re) established and very seldom have fry of other colour...The males have red tails.

(I have a photo somewhere... will find and post)

Cheers Ludwig for the info

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Sorry, this is a terrible picture, but will give you the idea....

 

[Katlee]

i've just had the same. bought a few guppies last week and one of them dropped straight away. I can only find 3 fry so far but two of them are a grey colour and one is purely golden atm. all the possible mothers are dark. im looking forward to seeing how this one grows up = ]

 

[helterskelter]

Yes these are blond's and quite common.

I prefer them personally.

 

[totally tropical]

Yes these are blond's and quite common.

I prefer them personally.

As opposed to brunettes!

 

[OldMan47]

Blond color varieties in guppies, endlers and even Heterandria formosa are well known but not really all that common. They are also not what you would call rare.
I can't say I would recognize a brunette Totally Tropical.