Albino L333?

[BigShawn]

Saw some on Facebook, anyone here have any and would you (if you already had a regular group of L333) put a couple in a regular group of L333...

 

[BigShawn]

Any thoughts on this?

 

[fishhead0103666]

I don’t see why not. If they breed then you would end up with either normal ones, albino ones, or both depending on how many fish mated. There’s no chance of getting a half albino one as that isn’t possible.

Logically speaking there is no particular reason to seperate them unless for aesthetics

 

[BigShawn]

Thank you

 

[Backfromthedead]

fugupuff has one of these for sale right now. Check his page "rare fish" on the vendor forum if youre interested.

 

[BigShawn]

Thank you, i looked at a couple for sale still deciding...

 

[fishhead0103666]

Aquaticarts has at the minimum 6 currently.

Albino L333 King Tiger Pleco (Hypancistrus sp.) - Aquatic Arts

This extremely rare albino variety retains the same incredible maze-like striping as its wild-form counterpart!

aquaticarts.com

I personally haven’t ordered from them so I can’t comment on how they are.

 

[BigShawn]

Nation Wide Aquatic's, Jorge Garcia has them (may be sold out now).

 

[phreeflow]

All the fry would come out looking normal colored but the offspring would carry genes for albino (heterozygous for albino). Meaning if those offspring breed with each other or back with the albino parents, them you’ll get some percentage showing an albino phenotype in that generation. Otherwise, they’ll all just be the normal phenotype.

If you plan to just enjoy them, it doesn’t matter if you keep them together. If you plan on breeding, you’d be taking a long step back and undoing the effort that was put in to get albino L333 so I’d keep them separate. BTW: Wes always has healthy stock

 

[BigShawn]

Thank you