When does colour show in guppy fry?

[fishguy18]

Hello I have 7 week old fancy guppy fry and none of them are showing any signs of colour....When will they begin to get their colour

The mother is green and the father is blue with a yellow tail

Any advice would really help me out

 

[handsomeboy]

wow almost 2 months and no color? thats weird. mine gets color in like 2 weeks.

green female? wow, id like to get my hands on that!

edit: sorry didnt answer ur question. what were the coloration of the past generation? cause it might have been commom or something, and was just dormant.

 

[paulthegreat]

Could they be albinos?

 

[Dakota Ice]

I've had issues like this with my guppies, as well. It would take MONTHS upon MONTHS to reach an inch in length, with one spot of red. I don't know what I did wrong, but I think it was because their lives started off in a birthing device thingie. I'd always keep them in there when they were small so they found food easily.. I think it stunted them.

Do you keep a lot of babies in a small space or do you have a 5 gallon for them?

 

[fishguy18]

I have a 10 gallon tnak for them.....This is the first batch of fry that i have had from this female so i am not sure what colour the babies will be....but am alomost certain that she got pregnant from my yellow male.....I dunno why i cannot see any colour yet.....I am getting dissapointed!

 

[STEVIE]

Just a suggestion. B)
Could they all be females?

 

[GuppyDude]

real distinct color? mine doesn't show up until the fry are 3 months old. u should atleast begin to notice spots on the tail fin soon. your fry might also just be of pale coloration so maybe they wont ever develope much color only time will tell

 

[lee_an]

If you want your guppy to grow big, give them space as they grow up.
You have to change water everyday (about 40 percent) and feed them 5/6 feedings a day.And feed quality food and ensure they get a varied diet.You can starve them one day a week as i heard that it causes fishes to grow more beautifully,but i have not preven it myself.

Some reasons why they take so long to colour up or grow.

-lousy water quality.lousy in a sense that it does not kill the fish and completely in the ok range ,but not for optimal fry growth.
-infrequent feedings
-you cramp them up.Newborn fry must stay in a small container to make sure they can find food easily and as they grow you can transport them to a different place.
-they are a slow growing strain or have slow growing genes but this kind if fishes normaly have a long lifespan.
-the fishes are raised in colder water but i live in the topics where the temperature is sunny all year round