Albino Saltwater fish
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nikon187
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im assuming albinoism is rare in the wild and i think you would need an albino to mate with another fish with at least one albino chromozone and even then you are only given a 50% chance. Then take in serviveablity rate. I believe there are albino dolphins ( pink ones sighted before )
All freshwater albinos are most likely captive bred using 2 albinos to begin with. Just like leopard geckos. Albino X Albino = Albino
Albino X Het Albino = 50% regular 50% Albino ( het being only one albino chromozone )
All freshwater albinos are most likely captive bred using 2 albinos to begin with. Just like leopard geckos. Albino X Albino = Albino
Albino X Het Albino = 50% regular 50% Albino ( het being only one albino chromozone )
Loachmaniac
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Probably has more to do with commercial breeding programs for freshwater fish vs. collection of saltwater fish.
Once you get an albino freshwater fish, it's pretty likely you can breed it like mad and get a large number of them. You only need 2 to make hundreds of thousands.
For saltwater fish, an albino is really just a rare fish. Once you have one, you can't breed more (for just about every species). Each one needs to be found in the wild, and they're very rare.
Once you get an albino freshwater fish, it's pretty likely you can breed it like mad and get a large number of them. You only need 2 to make hundreds of thousands.
For saltwater fish, an albino is really just a rare fish. Once you have one, you can't breed more (for just about every species). Each one needs to be found in the wild, and they're very rare.
Loachmaniac
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As a correction to the previous post, with an easy to breed freshwater fish 1 adult is enough. If you cross an albino with a regular fish, you should have offspring that are carriers of the albino gene. Cross the 1st generation with themselves, and 25% should be ablinos. At this point, you should have a M/F pair and potential for all the fish you have space to breed/raise.
agreeive?fish
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well i think getting an albino saltwater fish is going to be extreemly hard and extreemly expensive since they would stick out like a sore thumb and most likley be eaten before they could be collected.. now it may be more chance of getting an albino in captive born or even captive raised but i still think your chances of getting one is very slim(almost no chance)
It has been proved that it"s a lot more difficult to survive in the wild( in this case the ocean) if you're albino. Example:no camouflage
*Some facts:
There're some sightings of albino sailfish(billfish) in the Guatemala-Costa Rica (Pacific ocean)area.
In most of the parrots albinism is "sex-linked"
In South Africa some scientists found an albino African Grey Parrot in the wild
*Some facts:
There're some sightings of albino sailfish(billfish) in the Guatemala-Costa Rica (Pacific ocean)area.
In most of the parrots albinism is "sex-linked"
In South Africa some scientists found an albino African Grey Parrot in the wild
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Slakker
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There's also what I like to call the "White Horse Syndrome." White horses aren't necessarily albino, but are often rejected from wild herds and even when domesticated can draw aggression from otherwise docile horses.
Perhaps marine fish have a similar dislike for their albino counterparts? Would probably be difficult for a schooling/shoaling fish to survive on its own if it draws aggression even from other members of its species.
Moonstream
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true albinos in any animal are rare in the wild, and many people mistake animals that are white with light colored eyes for albinos, but a true albino will have no pigment, AT ALL, and an animal tat is white with red eyes has light colored pigment. (a pink eyed white rat would be an example of this)
the only reason that FW albinos are seen so often is because they are bred for the albino gene over and over and over. do not forget that most albino fish you see are fish that are easily bred (corydoras catfish, cichlids, bristlenose catfish, all very strait forward to breed/ raise).
the only reason that FW albinos are seen so often is because they are bred for the albino gene over and over and over. do not forget that most albino fish you see are fish that are easily bred (corydoras catfish, cichlids, bristlenose catfish, all very strait forward to breed/ raise).
STRIPERVIPER
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Albinos??????
Albinos??????
In regards to "no pigmentation " in an albino that is totally incorrect. Look at Albino snakes and or oscars for that matter any true albino. The coloration for lack of a Better term is reversed. The black becomes white the eyes are red but there are variations in patterns with red, orange, yellow, pinks, Ect. There have been albino Pelagics documented and luescitic "?" Where the entire animal is white but the eyes are normal colored bc it's not the albino gene that causes the lack of pigment but another genetic mutation. But all that said I'd love to hear of any recent information regarding albino saltwater aquarium fish on the market.
Albinos??????
In regards to "no pigmentation " in an albino that is totally incorrect. Look at Albino snakes and or oscars for that matter any true albino. The coloration for lack of a Better term is reversed. The black becomes white the eyes are red but there are variations in patterns with red, orange, yellow, pinks, Ect. There have been albino Pelagics documented and luescitic "?" Where the entire animal is white but the eyes are normal colored bc it's not the albino gene that causes the lack of pigment but another genetic mutation. But all that said I'd love to hear of any recent information regarding albino saltwater aquarium fish on the market.
jmm
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