Albino Tank?

[Matingslinkys]

Hey folks, I'm about to buy a new tank as soon as pay day rolls around, and i wanna do something interesting with it. Ive already got a "standard tank" of angel fish, kribs, dwarf gouramis, plec etc and a nano one with some tiny frogs and balloon mollies in it. Anyway i digress, i thought it would be kinda cool to set up a tank with only albino fish in it. I think it would be really nice to have a dark substrate/decor to show the fish up nicely, but i don't know it that'd stress out the fish as they couldn't hide? Any suggestions for cool albino's that go together?

P.S not sure what size the tank's gonna be, i'll see what i can afford, but it'll be at least a 3fter. Cheers!

 

[iairj84]

Well their are a good amount of white fish you could get if that's the look you're going for. As far as albino fish go i think you're probably going to be pretty limited in your fish for a community setup.

off the top of my head all I can think of is Albino cories and tiger barbs.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

With albino fish, on top of albino tiger babs and corys, there are also albino bristlenose plecos and guppys (guppys and tiger barbs wouldn't mix though). Any fish can come in albino form, but most are particularly rare or uncommon and thus expensive and difficult to come by.
IMHO A pure black silica sand substrate would be best for showing off lighter colour fish, while a pure white silica sand substrate for darker fish.

 

[Darkstar]

I've still yet to understand the attraction of albino anything....

 

[loachman]

With albino fish, on top of albino tiger babs and corys, there are also albino bristlenose plecos and guppys (guppys and tiger barbs wouldn't mix though). Any fish can come in albino form, but most are particularly rare or uncommon and thus expensive and difficult to come by.
IMHO A pure black silica sand substrate would be best for showing off lighter colour fish, while a pure white silica sand substrate for darker fish.

Also, weather loaches can come in a true albino and a white form (albino w/ black eyes). They prefer cooler water than a tropical community though.

Biggest problem is just going to be getting a combination of albino fish that are of reasonable cost and compatability. It might end up being essentially a "species" tank, with only 1-2 species of fish in it.

Tiger barbs, oscars, and cories are about the only albinos that are common stock.

 

[Maxta]

Unique colour, attractive.

Anyways i went to Pets at Home today, and i saw Albino Black Tetras. They looked pretty cool. A shoal of around 6 or 7 of them would look nice, then thered be albino cory cats in the bottom, a group of them are pretty cool too. Theyre the only albinos i know and have seen.

 

[Nick Bramley]

think theres just something different about them, i like my albino Cories as colourwise theres nothing elso close to them.

Cories Guppys and Plecs are all i can think of.

Nick

 

[QuotheRaven]

Albino Kribensis...I never thought of a all albino tank before... I think it might look a little plain...

 

[Scott MacAdam]

albino rainbow shark?? maybe an albino plec.... either way, whatever stock you choose..... WE WANT PICTURES !!!! hahahaha

Good luck, it sounds like a neat Idea....

 

[DiscusAngel]

White convicts

 

[01edmn]

albino kribs plecs barbs corries

 

[lozronz]

Hey Powder! long time no see!
I knew you would go fishy eventually! I think an albino tank sounds sweet, I guess it would be ironic to state the needs! but you could could go on the search for the allusive albino siamese fighter! i'm sure I read a thread where someone has one in a breeding program in the dark.

 

[matt295]

there is the albino oscar but you need a big tank for him
there is albino paradise fish which are cool. the others i can think of have already been listed. do you want them pure white or could they have some little bit of other colors on them?

 

[Matingslinkys]

Hey loz, it's been a while, you get rid of the shrimp or is it still killing things? Yeah i reckon that a tank of albino's should go nicely in my house, maybe i'll get one big enough to swim in, I reckon i'll fit in nicely! Oh and Matt295 I'm not to bothered about pure albies or colour, in fact i think it'll be a nice change to have some colour in there. Cheers for the advice everyone else!

 

[lozronz]

Hey, was at the LFS today, here is a few more albino for you- Congo tetras (very nice!) African Clawed frogs, Black Knife Fish, several types of danio, angel fish and i even read of an albino rope fish http/www.####.com/forums/s...015&page=21

I was thinking, if your not too bothered about them being strictly albino what about transparent fish aswell it might give you more scope for finding suitable tank mates and because you will need lower tube lighting for their sensitive eyes, like you said coloured spot Led's will reflex nicely off them, what about glass fish. glass cat fish, glass knifefish, glass eels etc

I don't think the tank would look boring if done well just subtle, probably very slick in a chill out room in a club.