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albino BN color variations

Posted: 15 Aug 2008, 19:19
by poel_19
the Goldish and the white....is there a true difference? is the goldish Lutino??

Re: albino BN color variations

Posted: 15 Aug 2008, 20:27
by apistomaster
A true albino will not have any iris pigments so the blood vessels in the retina give them the characteristic red eye of an albino.
If the iris is pigmented and the body is white or pink-orange that is a lutino/xanthanistic.
I think with either of the melanin deficient fish when you feed them foods rich in carotenoids they tend to have a richer pink orange color.
At least this has been my observation with albino Ancistrus sp 3 I have raised. They are often light pink in a shop but then after several weeks on a better diet they became warmer colored.