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a store was swapping out their acrylic tanks and going with all glass, so i took all free africans, the pink one in the back of the pic was labled an albino tawian reef, how do you tell if it is? dont albino usually have red eyes?

posted by: AFRICAN FANATIC	(report) Aug 15th, 2008
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*kylie *	» posted 2008/08/15 - 04:05
yep they do have red eyes.. cool free fish awesome..

*kylie *	» posted 2008/08/15 - 04:05
oops sorry .. forgot smiles

Roger Hopper	» posted 2008/08/15 - 04:13
Take a look at this one. The albino T- Reef has black eyes. Protomelas Steveni Albino T-Reef http://www.cichlidforum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1358

*kylie *	» posted 2008/08/15 - 04:17
going to disagree with ya roger buddy that one has red just a not great shot but you can see the red..lol

AFRICAN FANATIC	» posted 2008/08/15 - 04:18
roger hopper is right this has black eyes but appear red with flash

*kylie *	» posted 2008/08/15 - 04:22
sorry bad wording not your fish the one in link look red

AFRICAN FANATIC	» posted 2008/08/15 - 04:28
so my question to you guys is an albibo tawain reef doesnt need to have red eyes?

*kylie *	» posted 2008/08/15 - 04:32
i thought they did have to be red.. but i am far from expert so ...

Vince Cooper	» posted 2008/08/15 - 04:45
there are several color morphs that occur in nature. albino w/ red eyes & no pigment,leucistic w/ black eyes & no pigment,xanthic w/ black eyes & gold pigment. although most don't survive in nature like they do in captivity.

*kylie *	» posted 2008/08/15 - 04:50
knew you would no vince lol..

Roger Hopper	» posted 2008/08/15 - 05:07
Vince that is what I thought.. Thanks.

AFRICAN FANATIC	» posted 2008/08/15 - 05:55
hey vince, any ideas how he/she will look when adult???

Roger Hopper	» posted 2008/08/15 - 06:48
AF look on the link I left on here It shows 3 or 4 pics of them..

bip_ 4u	» posted 2008/08/15 - 09:18
If it's truely albino treef, omg they are gorgeous!!

Mark & Kathy Lindamood

» posted 2008/08/15 - 12:40

Richard Huffman

» posted 2008/08/15 - 12:46

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» posted 2008/08/15 - 13:55

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michael diaz, 2009-01-08 05:13

Looks great bud.

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Nice roger.

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Dan Noon, 2009-01-08 05:08

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michael diaz, 2009-01-08 05:07

Oh ok lol thanx bud lol I did something wrong lol.

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Roger Hopper, 2009-01-08 05:04

85 gal Micheal.. length x width x height divided by 231

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