Albino

[LizStreithorst]

I know that one of the pairs of my own breeding I'm working is het for Albino. This pair had wigglers that just came free swimming Thursday. I know that when I looked at the wigglers on the cone that there were albinos but I never even bothered trying to count them because they always go blind and wander the tank aimlessly until they die of starvation.

This time I see no wandering aimlessly but I'm quite sure that I see that at least 3 of the albinos are attached and swimming happily between mom and dad. They are very hard to see. There may or may not be a few more.

I never made this breeding with the intention of producing albinos. I'm actually somewhat turned off by them because they are inherently weak among a few other reasons.

I think that these are alive only due to a mistake I made. I accidently turned the moon light on the Finnex Vivid LED I got from Miranda. I decided to leave it that way and lowered the water level by about 2/3rds because this was a 40 cube and I didn't want 35 wigglers to free swim In such a lot of water and thought that the dim light might help attachment as well. Those are the only reasons I can figure that it did the trick for albinos.

I'm curious to grow to see how these albinos but if I see them wandering aimlessly around the tank it won't break my heart. I will make all my decisions on what I think is best for the majority of the spawn. The Albinos will either sink or swim.

[Rolla P]

Hi Liz

Congrats on getting the fry to attach. From my understanding that's no easy feat with albinos. Can I ask what strain the spawning pair are?

[LizStreithorst]

They're blue Snakeskins with red spots. The blue is very strong. Nobody would mistake them for red snakes. They have varying degrees of spotting. The parents of the pair are a show quality Domestic RSG dad and an excellent quality high bodied blue scorpion with spotting. I did not expect them to be het for albino, but with domestics you never know until you see what they produce.

[Rolla P]

If Possible could you please post a pic of the albino fry? Having a visual reference would be a really important reference point.

[LizStreithorst]

They're hard to see. I havent stared at the tank today like I did yesterday but I haven't seen any of them. I can tell you that they either are smaller or appear smaller than the non albinos.

[Rolla P]

Ahh Ok. Hopefully they're still around and stop in front of you long enough to get a pic. Your mentioning of blindness really intrigued me and made me think of a few fry that seemed oblivious to their parents and eventually starve to death. Really important insights as usual Liz.

Thanks.