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I have a 135 gallon tank with 6 male utaka, 7 male peacocks, 5 Pseudotropheus acei (2M/3F), and 4 Synodontis schoutdenai (that I seldom see).
My fish are a wide variety of colors. Red, yellow, blue are all well-represented. But the one thing that I am missing is an albino fish.
Can anyone offer suggestions?
I had an albino Taiwan Reef in the tank once. My non-albino Taiwan Reef didn't care for him. So that is out.
I've considered an albino Dimidochromis compressiceps, but I have no predatory haps in the tank, and I'm not sure I want to go that route.
Albino Eureka red peacocks? It seems like most males of this species are quite aggressive. Also, I already have a Lemon Jake in the tank. Not sure if I should have two Jakes in the same tank.
I've also considered adding an albino mbuna species, but obviously I would want a more peaceful species.
I have a group of six albino Cynotilapia afra cobues in a growout tank. But that is a dwarf mbuna species. I'm not sure they'll get big enoough for this group. (One of my haps is already 7-8".)
My LFS has some albino red hood Macs, but it looks like most of the ones he has left are males. So that would probably mean adding a single male as opposed to a small shoal. I'm not sure about the temperment of this species. Don't have much experience with them.
I've also considered snow white Socolofis. But even the males I've seen don't seem to have much orange/red color anywhere.
Bottom line - if you were in my shoes, which albino species would you be most inclined to add.
Thanks in advance for any advice anyone cares to offer.
My fish are a wide variety of colors. Red, yellow, blue are all well-represented. But the one thing that I am missing is an albino fish.
Can anyone offer suggestions?
I had an albino Taiwan Reef in the tank once. My non-albino Taiwan Reef didn't care for him. So that is out.
I've considered an albino Dimidochromis compressiceps, but I have no predatory haps in the tank, and I'm not sure I want to go that route.
Albino Eureka red peacocks? It seems like most males of this species are quite aggressive. Also, I already have a Lemon Jake in the tank. Not sure if I should have two Jakes in the same tank.
I've also considered adding an albino mbuna species, but obviously I would want a more peaceful species.
I have a group of six albino Cynotilapia afra cobues in a growout tank. But that is a dwarf mbuna species. I'm not sure they'll get big enoough for this group. (One of my haps is already 7-8".)
My LFS has some albino red hood Macs, but it looks like most of the ones he has left are males. So that would probably mean adding a single male as opposed to a small shoal. I'm not sure about the temperment of this species. Don't have much experience with them.
I've also considered snow white Socolofis. But even the males I've seen don't seem to have much orange/red color anywhere.
Bottom line - if you were in my shoes, which albino species would you be most inclined to add.
Thanks in advance for any advice anyone cares to offer.