Albino kuhli loach.

[Eupterus]

A while back I ask about albino kuhli loachs. This was/is a difficult fish to find and they were/are rare. Just curious, did anyone get one/ any?.
have they gotten more common in some places?.
I'm no longer in the market, just curious.

 

[jaysen]

i never saw or heard of them. let me know if you find them.

 

[Lupin]

You might just mistake them for Pangio filinaris which are often available only as contaminants of some kuhli shipments. Read them up on Loaches Online website.

 

[jaysen]

You might just mistake them for Pangio filinaris which are often available only as contaminants of some kuhli shipments. Read them up on Loaches Online website.

i looked them up and they look the same as any kuhli i have encountered. how do i tell the difference?

 

[Lupin]

i looked them up and they look the same as any kuhli i have encountered. how do i tell the difference?

I have never seen both the albino kuhlis and Pangio filinaris in the flesh so I am not in the position to tell you how best to distinguish both. Here's a reference though..
http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=9093

On the other hand, albinos have red eyes and the Pangio filinaris doesn't seem to have that although some people still might interpret them as albinos.

 

[Inka4040]

They (used to?) have pics of an orange and white kuhli on the Southland Aquatics ad in TFH. I've never seen one in person though...

 

[drgold]

here's my prize:

not a true albino, but leukistic (sp?)

 

[Lupin]

They (used to?) have pics of an orange and white kuhli on the Southland Aquatics ad in TFH. I've never seen one in person though...

I remember that. I have the January 2008 TFH magazine at home. I'll look that one up. Any chance someone buys those from Southland Aquatics? They could be very expensive though.

Edit: drgold has one...

 

[Lupin]

here's my prize:

not a true albino, but leukistic (sp?)

Leucistic, yes. It's very nice. How did you obtain that?

 

[SchizotypalVamp]

I have, I could swear it was in petsmart...