clayton31 Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 was wondering wat kinda discus this is thought it was an albino ...but somone said they need red eyes to be albino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brockssracer Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Albino's in any animal have red eyes including humans. I would just guess it is a white one and thats it...BUT in saying that im not a discus expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david1991 Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 it could be just a white discus or it could have just no pigment in the skin but not albino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liljohn_83 Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 just cause i can i had bloke tell me that albino annything can have black eyes ? :whoa: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy-D Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Could it be a White Swan? I am no discus expert but a few years ago when i had discus i had one of these guys and looked very similar to the one you have there. Cheers Dizzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton31 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 the weird thing is when u look at the discus it dont have blue fins but in the pic it has a slight blue tinge ...anyone wanting a good camera dicksmiths has em cheap $299 fuji s1500 takes great photos once ya work out how it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brockssracer Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 A true albino has pink eyes because, since there is no pigment in the iris, all you see is the blood is the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liljohn_83 Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 A true albino has pink eyes because, since there is no pigment in the iris, all you see is the blood is the eye. so albino by definition is white with red eyes or just red eyes ? :snide: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton31 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 think white with red eyes ...couse the other 6 discus i have got red eyes ...holy crap me confused now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brockssracer Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 white with red eyes, well its not actually white, there is just a lack pf pigmentation in the skin as well. If you look at budgies, mice, rats and other common albinos they will always be white with red eyes, you do get white ones with black eyes but they are not classified as albino. In cockatiels the first albinos where a real pale yellow but they had red eyes and it wasnt until the last 5-10 years that they have been able to get the white coming out in them. I'm still yet to see a pure white cockatiel with red eyes not that I have been looking to hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brockssracer Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 albino bristlenose are another good example of not being white, they do have red eyes but they lack the pigmentation of the common one. Prob the easiest example of albinos being that they are fish as well. If you have 5 others with red eyes they are albino, the 6th one with black eyes is just a white one and nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton31 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 oki mite just ring jaynee she will know ..maybe its a white diamond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton31 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 i dont think the other are albino couse they orange and blue and blue diamond ...me go to expert on gympie rd he knows lot bout discus...he a expert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Cichlids Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Hi Clayton it is either a White Swan or a Snow White. Cheers Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton31 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 thanks matt realy apprecate it ..id hate to catch it just to take it to a pet shop to see wat it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frinkie Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 wow. we have a discus at work that looks IDENTICAL to that one. umm, its not an albino, as mentioned above, true full albinos have the "red" eye's, its not full leucistic either as there is some blue in it. Nice looking fish though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton31 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 hey frinkie the blue only shows up in pics not in real life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebris Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 It's a white diamond Clayton! The guy on Gympie rd is called Takehito, nice guy have known him for a few years now! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton31 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 yeah that guy ...he likes to read books to our doughter every time we go there awsome guy who knows his stuff so if u see him on the step reading a little gal a book im in there somewere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frinkie Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 If there is no other colouration except the white, you could argue its leucistic, but without another leucistic one to breed it with and observe the phenotype of the fry, it really is just a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton31 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 just in display tank dont plan on breeding just wanted to know wat kind it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyD Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Sorry to butt in guys but have to ask...what is leucistic? I thought there was only 3 true different types of discus. Symphysodon, S. aequifasciatus, and S. haraldi...? this one being S. haraldi. they can have no colour at all but wont be a alpha animal. Is the same type as snakeskin but with no colour.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frinkie Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 ahh the exciting world of genetics. any animal can be leucistic, leusicim is basicly where the animal has no pigmentation except for the eyes (so they eyes are normal coloured). I guess you could say its a form of partial albinism, there are a few different kinds of partial albinism as there is more than one gene that decides wether an animal will be an albino or not - and sometimes they dont all agree, which is when u get partial albinism. fish with this trait are usually worth a small fortune, a fellow was selling a few leucistic barra for around 1K each. and a different guy was selling i think it was a leucistic pig nose turtle. 30K. HTH Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyD Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 thanks frinky, have heard of this b4, just been awhile..lol Thanks for the brain kick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frinkie Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 np mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
