Strange colour Swordtails

Viviparous or Live bearing fish - Mollies, Platties, Guppies
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PaganPriestess
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Hi everyone.
So set up the tank a few months ago and 4 weeks ago added my first fish. 1st fish in the tank were 5 swordtails in various colours such as wagtails, pineapple, marble and a koi. Unknown to me 2 of the fish I purchased happened to be pregnant and gave birth a week later.
The fry are now getting to a good size and all are coloured apart from 5 of them. Now having kept fish for some time have had plenty of swords have babies the colours that I now have are a little strange to me.

I have 2 that are all silver and 3 that are currently transparent.

Has anyone got any ideas?

Thanks
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Hi, welcome to the forum. Do you have pictures?
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Will get some images tomorrow but its really hard as they are almost invisible lol
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So managed to get 1 image of the odd colour fry. There are 3 this colour when all the others that were born at the same time and are equal in size are now either pineapple, marbled or orange/red. Am just confused.
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Can I see green tinges?
That would make them a possible throw-back to the wild colouration.
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I was thinking along them lines too.
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Well I did wonder that but thought I was seeing things. Well I suppose I will have to wait and see.
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