My experiment freaks tank

[OohFeeshy]

The suggestion cropped up a while ago to to a tank full of albinos. I'd like to give it a trial run. I was going to get a 4/5 ish gallon tank and have 3 albino cories in. But, I want a 'centerpiece fish'. What can I have? Actually, I either want one or two largeish fish (I mean, largish for that tank, eg. 2-3 inches) or a few smaller ones. The requirements are that it/they are completely white or albino. I would get a betta, but I haven't seen a white one. I could get a couple of the more 'white' honey gouramis, but is there anything better?

 

[Gill]

You could go for a few Fish from the White Colors:

White Widows
Blushing White Widows
Albino Paradise Gourami
Opaque Female/Male Bettas
Albino Corys - Already mentioned
Albino Neons
Blind Cave Fish
Albino Buenos Ares
Silver/White Mollies
Balloon Silver Mollies

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

How big is the tank? if its big enough you could try an albino plec, there's many albino plecs of many different types.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Aha! *smacks head* You can easily get white mollies,can't you... duh... Anyway, out of that, all I can fit in are the mollies. Hmm...

 

[GSD]

Mollies are the most common and the albino neons are nice,i personally love blind cave fsh i think theyre soooo cool ad id love one but i know nothing about them or what size tank they need!

 

[OohFeeshy]

Albino neons are pretty uncommon. I think, anyway. Are they the lu-something ones? If so, they are definately uncommon. And blind cave fish are just a kind of tetra I think, never seen them around.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

How big is the tank though? you can get albino guppys although they are quite rare, if the tanks big enough you could try an albino bristlenose plec...

 

[OohFeeshy]

I said Its about 4.5 gallons. So not big enough for a common plec, and I can't find any albino BN's.

 

[GSD]

http/www.aquariumfish.net/images_01/blind_cave_fish.jpg

this is a blind cave fish
its really scary i dont think id like to wake up and see that on a morning
anyway i think the mollies would be a good choice!you cokud have the betta but you cant get white ones!

 

[Ben]

albino oscar

im afraid a 4.5 is too small for even albino cories

why not go to a 20 or 15 as your options would be widerr and you could get tetras

DD

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

4.5gals is not big enough for mollys im afraid- they grow to 3inchs and need at least a 10gal as they need lots of swimming space, you could fit a small albino guppy or some kind of tetra but nothing else that exceeds 1inch...

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I agree with dwarf dude, you'd be able to expand your options alot even if you just got a 10gal, but at less than 5gals all you could put is a betta and maybe a snail in it..

 

[OohFeeshy]

Oh yeah... I keep forgetting how big mollies get. Pfft, why does the only commonish white fish I can get gwt massive? Well, massive for a livebearer anyway. And I don't really want guppies, too fragile. Especially albinoy ones that wil have been inbred loads.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

albino snail ?

 

[OohFeeshy]

Ummm... No This is harrd... I'd upgrade it to a 10 but they are so bloomin expensive.