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are albino types of fish smaller than their reg couinter parts? or does it vary.

i was just thinking about brozen cories, how albinos are smaller than the reg,

what about a true albino clown kinfe, with no spots, not just the golden type, as i have seen a few of these on the market and was wondering since it is an albino is it smaller than a reg clown kinfe.

Albino Corys aren't smaller than the normal colored ones.

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in most cases albino fish are the same size of regular fish but albinos are a pale white. But im shure you already knew that (about the color)

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Albinism is just the absence of melanin, usually it happens from freak mutation or selective breeding to enhance the trait. Consequently the gene pools of selectively bred albino species will be limited, and that can lead to greater chances of genetically inherited disease and deformity. It will also mean that the fish is more susceptible to dermatological cancer, either because the usual iridescence and UVB blocking of the fish will be hampered, and the cells that produce melanin may not function normally, again causing cancer. True albinos, (as oppose to piebald fish) will generally lack pigmentation in the eye, obviously this makes the reflection, focusing, and blocking of light difficult and most albino fish will have partially impaired vision, and have no mechanism to reduce light input to the optic nerve, thus meaning they are more susceptible to photoshock. The size of specimens will be in accordance to the genetic imperative of the genepool they are from, there is no particular reason that fish should be either bigger, smaller or the same size as their parents unless there was a certain proclivity for it in that genepool. Growth and colour are not really related tendancies.

Badly bred albino's may however be weaker, meaning that some (but not all) may suffer from impaired growth , rather than true dwarfing.

Personally Im not big on albinos, its seems crazy to me to want to turn just about any fish into pink or white with red eyes. Compared to the natural variety of the species , its actually kinda boring. If anything they are usually less individual.

There are of course species of cave fish, and deep sea fish who are never exposed to light, thus rendering colour irrelevant, but that is normal for them, and their genetic codes are stable, coming as they do from thousands if not millions of years of natural selection.They are also not likely to be exposed to aquarium lights, unless of course, they are owned or displayed by an idiot who has no notion of the consequences, or someone who has put a great deal of time and effort into choosing frequencies that will neither harm , nor disturb them.

I was also thinking that my Albino Corydoras are smaller than my Bronze Corydoras. They just don't look big, but i'm sure that they are eating.

Another thing that i am observing is, are the Albino Corydoras more active than the others?.


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Its possible , the nature of their poor eyesight may mean that they are both more inclined to go and look for food as oppose to spotting it from a distance, and they will probably be more "touchy-feely" than most corydoras, as they may require some physical contact to reassure them as they may not actually see cagemates in a great amount of detail or over a distance of more than a few inches. This is bound to lead to more activity.