I couldn't find much in older JAKAs on this strain; it has shown up from time to time, and is albino like gardneri are albino, white body, red eyes. Don't know anyone that's currently keeping them. In general, albinos are trickier to keep going in other species, you get a lot of deformities in the likes of gardneri, and they're less prolific. So, treat them with kid gloves and be finicky with the eggs.

Hi Andy,

It depends on the the nature of the mutation that causes the lack of pigment. A mutation in the melanin genes themselves can make for weaker fish as these genes are needed in many places other than in melanocytes. Many albinos can make melanin, just not in melanocytes (well, melanophores in the case of fish).

If you are not having much success then I suggest you cross them back into a normal strain and then breed the progeny to recapture the albino strain. In theory 25% will be albino if you breed the siblings to each other.

These outbred fish will also be healthier in general and be better breeders. Odds are the albino fish are highly inbred to start with.

I expect these would be quite handsome fish.

Good luck!

These originated in Fred's fish room, but it is my understanding that he is no longer keeping them.

Tyrone,

   Is albinism (in fish at least), always a due to a single gene leading to simple dominant recessive, or can it be an interaction between multiple genes?

Andy