Adolescent Platys Still Colourless?

[routh]

Hey everyone, I've been enjoying the forums for some time now, and I now need to step forward and ask my first question.

I have a well planted tank, and now have Three generations of Platyfish in my tank: My adults I purchased, the two survivors of the first batch of fry, and a 2 week old batch of fry.

The latest batch of fry seem to be doing very well, they already have full colour and are beginning to school and interact with the other fish well.

The two survivors of the first batch of fry have yet to get any real colour yet, and they are now 2 months old. Their mother is a Sunrise platy, and I do not know what the father was as the fish was sold to me pregnant. The two babies have developed black freckles strating behind their gills and extending to their tails. One of them has black stripes on the top and bottom of the tailfin. They are almost transparent otherwise however, with only a hint of a milky yellow tint to their bodies....

Is this normal? Is there a breed of platy that remains mostly transparent? Or do sunrise platies usually take more time to get colour?

 

[Big Mike]

My family tank has sunburst/sunrise platys and the juvies had color right away. The black spots make me wonder if the father was not a sunrise. There are many dif colors of Platys.

 

[platytudes]

The father could have been one of those less colorful types of platies, for example "pen and ink" (white platy with black spots)

Sunrise platies do usually color up right away, for me they start out red.

 

[cct13]

I know this was posted almost a month ago but i thought id add something. i have two platies that are clear. one has black spots and one doesnt. the one with black spots had two fry and theyre about three or four weeks old and still transparent. you probably have your answer already but i thought id share just incase!