Baby Guppies

[Xavier6]

Recently, I bought several guppies from outsmart one of which was pregnant. After 3 days in my tank she gave birth, and now several months later,the babies are a fair size. But in watching these babies I realised, tall of them appear to have no colour at all, with black tails. The mother was a white and yellow colour, and Idk about the father. So, I was wondering if this is normal for newborn guppies or no...

 

[KittyKat]

Guppies are born only with their base colour showing, which is normally some sort of pale grey/yellow mix. As they age, their adult colours start to develop. With enough food and space, they will grow relatively fast and will start showing their colours by 3-6 weeks old, but if they are growing slowly (as normally happens in small or community tanks), then they will only start showing colour at 3-6 months old. Females show colour later than males and the split depends on the conditions that they are raised in.