Albino Clownfish

[Heterodonut]

Well, the story buzzing about is someone in South Africa has produced captive bred albino (red eye-no black pigment) ocellaris clownfish. From the person himself he claims the brood female is ill, but not before he was able to raise a clutch of a few hundred babies, of which 20 to 40 appear to be albino!
Love them or hate them-the clownfish hobby is going to take a giant leap!

 

[talon4x4]

Hmmm....interesting (see below for pics)

http://www.marinebreeder.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=169&t=4663&start=25

 

[OrionN]

those pictures seem so fake. Let see a really clear and sharp picture of an albino clownfish.
there is no reason why there should not be an albino clown, but I don't think the pictures in that thread are pictures of albino fish.
If I have a albino clown fish I would have very clear, unquestionable pictures of them.

 

[mr86mister]

Those could be pictures of a form of albinoism. Their eyes do have a pink tint to them and seem lighter. But that does not prove them to be completely albino. You would have to get some tests done to prove it out.

 

[juniormc8704]

dear God! what did they use to PS that thing? a crayon? LOL

thats the worst photoshop job ive ever seen....

 

[small alien]

+1 and great avatar!

 

[hoosierpat]

I hope you guys didn't take that first picture to be the clowns, that was someone's representation of what an albino would look like. Keep reading, they are towards the bottom.

 

[Heterodonut]

I'd hate to think anybody thought THAT was the picture(S) we were referring to! I don't know if the guys newest pictures on are the linked sight, but the first ones were evidently taken with his cell phone. Speaking of photoshop, I think the same guy posted a picture of a white (not an albino) yellow tang. Everybody said it was photoshopped, until he posted the underwater video shot in Hawaii.

 

[Funky_Fish14]

The cell phone picture (the last ones in the thread) definetly shows albino clowns, and exactly what they might look like without the black pigmentation (melanin).

 

[hyperboy]

hope to see more of those in our hobby, great job