My 2 Oscars and my tank update

[pops]

the blond Oscar is not an albino but a lutino, this can be seen in the graying of the fins, true albinos do not have this, and IMHO rather have a lutino than an albino, albinos can have health issues and bad eye sight.

 

[Serpentine]

Agreed. A true albino wouldn't have color and especially not any gray. They're sold as albinos though--at least in big box pet stores. Perhaps because your average buyer doesn't know the difference and albino is a more familiar term?

 

[Matteus]

Good point about the clown loaches. I caught my juvie albino tiger Oscar with a tail sticking out of her mouth and was able to catch her and shake one loose before she could swallow it.

Their mouths open wider than you think they should. We figured the loaches were safe. Not.

I had the same thing happen to me. Cls grow super slow and o’s grow like weeds.