My guppies are about two weeks old now they are all still clear. The mom was black and orange so i figure they will forsure have some color. How old will they be when they actually get their color? Also if they were males would they already have color to them?
2007-06-22 05:29:12 · 4 answers · asked by Marie 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Most males will start showing color around 6 weeks usually. Females will take 10 days to 2 weeks longer. No doubt most will have plenty of black and orange on them as the mom's genes are actually more important than the dad's genes when it comes to color in guppies.
Red colors sometimes show more quickly than some other colors, but that's as much diet as anything else. To help see the orange faster in your case, be sure they get loads of brine shrimp in their diet. For color enhancement, frozen adult brine shrimp will usually make a bigger difference than live to be honest. It's all about the chemicals in the shrimp and live often has been away from the proper ponds and sunlight too long to have enough left in them.
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2007-06-22 06:01:17 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will take a little while longer before you start to see some colors. Maybe 2-3 more weeks. the different colors on fish happen at different layers of the skin. As these layers develop the colors start to appear. Usually red is the closest one in and blue or green is the farthest one out. So if they will have colors like the mom then you may see the orange first and then the black patterns will take shape. I never get tired of watching this!
2007-06-22 12:35:31 · answer #2 · answered by midraj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
each fish is diferent in how long it takes to get color. for guppies it take anwere from 3 to5 months before they get there color.
2007-06-22 17:31:52 · answer #3 · answered by Orange Range 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
feed them more food it says if you feed them tomato peeling they turn that color
2007-06-22 13:04:35 · answer #4 · answered by joe t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋