Just out of curiosity in relation to the albino discussion - are albinos generally less aggressive? I put three albino eurekas in my tank and they were all killed within hours. I know a lot of things can contribute to this, but I just haven't had this kind of thing happen before.
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I honestly would say that albinos aren't necessarily less aggressive, but they are in my opinion more likely to be less hardy and they are much more likely to be picked on by other fish.
That being said I know of some Eurekas that become the boss of the tank, but more often then not I hear of experiences that you have had niqolas619.
Anyways I would like to see some pictures of the guy when you get him. Even if he isn't "pure" I am of the opinion that if the fish looks cool then get him, just don't try to sell off spring as anything but unknown, but cool fish.
That being said I know of some Eurekas that become the boss of the tank, but more often then not I hear of experiences that you have had niqolas619.
Anyways I would like to see some pictures of the guy when you get him. Even if he isn't "pure" I am of the opinion that if the fish looks cool then get him, just don't try to sell off spring as anything but unknown, but cool fish.
niqolas619;1102938; said:
Not really less aggressive. Being albino they're likely to be sensitive in brightly lit tanks. Some fish that are hard of sight may be more aggressive to make up for their impairment or very timid fearing anything.
After keeping several species of albino mbuna mixed with normally colored mbuna I was able to observe that most of the albino specimens were near the bottom of the ranks and grew slower than the other fish. I realized that some weren't very accurate when aiming for food or were barely able to see the food at all and would settle for whatever they could blindly suck up wherever they smelled food which never lasted long enough for the albino fish to get their decent share. At the time my lighting was very bright to encourage the growth of algae as a natural food source for the fish but I dimmed the light dramatically and after doing so most of the albino mbuna did as well or better than any of their normally colored tankmates. It was just after that that my male M. greshakei, who was usually a calm and shy fish, practically burst out of his shell, growing rapidly and quickly took over the entire tank.
IMO if you want to keep albino fish you should take some small considerations (lighting, eyesight, feeding) when thinking about keeping them with other fish.
Thanks for the responses, straitjacketstar and ikevi. I don't have any major lighting in for my tank and I actually tried to keep one in a separate tank for about a month or so. She seemed really timid, even in the tank all by herself. When I put any of the females in the main tank, they wouldn't try to swim away from other fish - they would just sit in one spot and let the other fish peck at them. The main reason I wanted to introduce these three females into the tank is to try to breed them with my male. He has been in the tank now for a few months, with no problems at all.
straitjacketstar;1100693; said:His own digs would be a good idea. Shoot I'd be tempted to set up a 50 with the albino and some brood siblings to see if I could get any more albinos to pop up. But I'd have to have the tank space to spare lol.
I was think this... He was the only one... wonder if I can find some more...
