Mine have always been clear but couisin just found 2 new yellow fry in her tank. She has mollies also but she said they didn't ever even seem pregnant. Could these be guppy fry?
Can guppy fry be born with color?
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I had molly fry about a month and a half ago. there were 19 that i had saved. as fry, they didnt have much color. but there was a difference in what they looked like. There were some that were solid white, some that were brown, and some that looked like they had a little blue in them. It wasnt something that stayed with them long. at this point they are all white, like the parents. As for it being yellow, i guess it would depend on what is in the tank. I wouldnt say that it isnt possible, because that is one of the things i have learned with fish keeping, that some things just happen, no explaination as of yet can really explain it. I was also thinking that if your cousin had added a new fish or plant to the aquarium, it may have been a hitchhicker baby. ive heard of that before.
Another thing, i have platy also, and i saved 5 out of the babies i got from platy. same mother, which was a sunburst platy. She was pregnant when i got her, so i dont know what the father was. But out of the 5 babies i have, 3 are mickeymouse, and two... well they are bluish green, their tails are beginning to turn orange which i imagine will then go to red. but i think they are also sunburst platy. And i dont know if this is right or not, but two of the mickey mouse platy babies... might also be pot bellied... ????? So as i said before... i wouldnt rule out anything unless someone has the facts to back it up.
Good luck with the babies.
Janell
Another thing, i have platy also, and i saved 5 out of the babies i got from platy. same mother, which was a sunburst platy. She was pregnant when i got her, so i dont know what the father was. But out of the 5 babies i have, 3 are mickeymouse, and two... well they are bluish green, their tails are beginning to turn orange which i imagine will then go to red. but i think they are also sunburst platy. And i dont know if this is right or not, but two of the mickey mouse platy babies... might also be pot bellied... ????? So as i said before... i wouldnt rule out anything unless someone has the facts to back it up.
Good luck with the babies.
Janell
This reminded me of an old pic I had. This was from several years ago when I had guppies. As petfairy stated: they didnt have much color. but there was a difference in what they looked like. Anyhow, this is a pic of some babies born from the same mother at the same time. Notice the 2 at the top are a lighter colour.
When guppies develop their colour, the darks like black come out first. Reds and yellows are the last colours to show up. They could be yellowish compared to others. I know red wag platy fry are pretty orangey looking at birth in their general hue although not the orange they will become.
When guppies develop their colour, the darks like black come out first. Reds and yellows are the last colours to show up. They could be yellowish compared to others. I know red wag platy fry are pretty orangey looking at birth in their general hue although not the orange they will become.
I keep only guppies in a 5 gallon tank and they had 40 fry last week that were colourless. Yesterday I found a day old fry swimming free outside the hatchery and it was golden in colour. I keep no other fish species in that tank so yes it is certainly possible.