Is there a gold tinfoil barb?

[Charney]

I’ve seen pictures of a gold tinfoil barb with rich orange but I can’t find them for sale. Is the gold variant a real thing or is it just a really nice albino?

 

[wednesday13]

I’ve seen pictures of a gold tinfoil barb with rich orange but I can’t find them for sale. Is the gold variant a real thing or is it just a really nice albino?

They used to be dime a dozen at petsmart for $2.99. Id get xanthic/gold there as well as albinos. The gold/brighter orange have regular eyes and black patches sometimes. Within the last few years im not sure what happened. Instead of being at the chain stores/mom n pop type places there now from more high end vendors going for stupid prices for gold, albino, platinum, snow etc… quite ridiculous lol… i bought them to cycle tanks for the better part of my life at $1.99-2.99 .. not sure who deemed them rare and expensive all of a sudden. Just have to shop around as the xanthic and albino are sold under all of those names listed. Just look for the regular/black eyes ones despite what there called.

 

[Fallen_Leaves16]

They exist, I used to have them. I know people are all often against 'morph'-fishes and the like... but I honestly found the pure-white platinum and golden golds to be quite pretty. Semi translucent 'blushing' ones look ugly, though, IMO.
I have never seen any morph-tinfoil at a chain-store before, but given I haven't set foot in one in a good few years perhaps I am mistaken.
I agree that prices have risen in recent years while availability has dwindled.

 

[Charney]

They used to be dime a dozen at petsmart for $2.99. Id get xanthic/gold there as well as albinos. The gold/brighter orange have regular eyes and black patches sometimes. Within the last few years im not sure what happened. Instead of being at the chain stores/mom n pop type places there now from more high end vendors going for stupid prices for gold, albino, platinum, snow etc… quite ridiculous lol… i bought them to cycle tanks for the better part of my life at $1.99-2.99 .. not sure who deemed them rare and expensive all of a sudden. Just have to shop around as the xanthic and albino are sold under all of those names listed. Just look for the regular/black eyes ones despite what there called.

They exist, I used to have them. I know people are all often against 'morph'-fishes and the like... but I honestly found the pure-white platinum and golden golds to be quite pretty. Semi translucent 'blushing' ones look ugly, though, IMO.
I have never seen any morph-tinfoil at a chain-store before, but given I haven't set foot in one in a good few years perhaps I am mistaken.
I agree that prices have risen in recent years while availability has dwindled.

Thank you you will start hunting for the golds. If you guys see any please post thanks.