When do guppy fry get color?

[SushiRoll]

I have 9 almost week old guppy fry that are starting to get color?!?! Is this normal? I've raised Molly fry and they didn't start getting color until they were a few months old. Thanks in advance!


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[QuakingAspen]

It depends on the species and the fish so I would say that it is probably is okay.

 

[TMRC Exotics]

I've had some start getting hints of color that early but usually they were in the 3 week range before they get much. You can sex them already.

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[SushiRoll]

I've had some start getting hints of color that early but usually they were in the 3 week range before they get much. You can sex them already.

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Really I can sex them already? When I raised mollies it took almost 4 months to tell differences between the genders.


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[TMRC Exotics]

Yeah you can sex them really early, around a week to ten days if I remember. Its been awhile. I've bred platys and guppies before. Its all in the fin shape.

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[TMRC Exotics]

They will breed really young as well. I lost a young female who got pregnant when she was around 3 weeks old, she died giving birth at only around a month and a half old.

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