Albino cherry barbs

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At home I've got a small group of albino cherry barbs. A friend of mine who onws an lfs ordered them at some point. But thusfar, he hasn't sold any. So, he asked me if I would be able to keep some and see how they'll thrive. So, I got a small group of him and I'll try to breed them.
They're in a nice tank at the moment. But I took these pics when I just got them. They were a bit hard to get them out of the water they were in. So, at some point I put them in one of our sinks in the bathroom. That way they were easier to catch. I've put them in a tank with lots of elodeas. For those females are full of eggs. It seems that the males tend to color up more intensively than those females. I used to keep cherry barbs outdoors during the better months of the year. Maybe I'll give it a shot to put these outdoors as well.
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I have never understood why colourless examples of colourful fish sell.
 
I have never understood why colourless examples of colourful fish sell.
It's a matter of taste... Nothing more, nothing less...
How boring would it be if everyone had the same taste in things...?
When I look at my wild livebearer species in comparison to their breeding forms with a lot of coloration, there are people who think I'm nuts to not have a main focus on breeding forms.
What I don't understand is why there are still a high number of people who love breeding forms with deformities (huge fins, tumors on their heads, cropped bodies, etc) which are sold as ornamental fish. But again, this is also a matter of personal taste. It's a personal preference which we can not argue. But personally I'm glad that I do draw a line when the wellbeing is at stake by the rarities of body modification made by man.
 
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Yes, it's a matter of taste. For me it's case by case. I find that for those species that have been shown to have plastic gene pools--guppies and bettas especlally--the albino forms are rather appealing expressions. The vintage Vienna Emerald swordtail guppies, in my opinion, produce an attractive albino, in part because some color persists. See photo. Same with rare albino bettas; witness the ancient Wolfsheimer photo below.


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