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my guppy fry are 2 different colours

This is a discussion on my guppy fry are 2 different colours within the Breeding/Spawning Section forums, part of the Aquarium Related Chat category; I am new to guppies but 2 weeks ago I obtained two female guppies who, I am told, were pregnant, ...

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    I am new to guppies but 2 weeks ago I obtained two female guppies who, I am told, were pregnant, and both females are similar in colouring as you can see in the picture, a grey colour. One female is bigger than the other, but both seemed to be similarly rounded. Yesterday morning I found baby guppies in the tank, and I caught most of them hiding in the java moss in the tank. So now I have 13 fry, and I caught them and put them in a floating breeder. I am curious, because some of the fry are an orange colour, and some a grey colour. They seem to be either orange or grey with no in between.

    Do you think they are all from the same mother? I can't tell which mother dropped them because they both still have a dark gravid spot, but to my untrained eye both of the mothers look somewhat slimmer. I have no idea what the fathers may have looked like. Are the orange/yellow fry likely from one mother and the grey from another? I tried to research this but didn't have much luck.

    At any rate I need to get an additional tank!

    Here is a photo of the fry and directly underneath you see the two females in question, they are the largest guppies in the shot:










    The two biggest guppies are the mothers:

    12 gallon eclipse planted female guppy & fry tank with a bunch of snails that came in on the plants
    10 gallon planted tank with a few males guppies & endlers, 2 oto cats & 3 zebra nerite snails
    ( The Nerite snails are laying eggs but they're not hatching, probably because of low salinity)

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    It's possible that they are from the same mother but... different fathers Guppies are not picky

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    even with the same father, genetics can cause that. Black moscow + high mix female, 1/3 moscow looking fry and 2/3 completely random.
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    Good to know, thank you
    12 gallon eclipse planted female guppy & fry tank with a bunch of snails that came in on the plants
    10 gallon planted tank with a few males guppies & endlers, 2 oto cats & 3 zebra nerite snails
    ( The Nerite snails are laying eggs but they're not hatching, probably because of low salinity)

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    mine just had babies too.... i have the same colour variance. About 75% the grey colour and 25% the yellow
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