🐟 Albino Cherry Barb – Peaceful Color Schooling Pack (6 Fish)

Rohanella titteya | Soft golden-pink schooling fish for planted aquariums

Add warmth, movement, and gentle coloration to your aquarium with Albino Cherry Barbs — a peaceful and visually elegant variant of the classic Cherry Barb. Their soft golden body tones combined with subtle pink-orange highlights create a calm yet eye-catching display, especially in planted aquariums.

Known for their peaceful nature and active schooling behavior, Albino Cherry Barbs are an excellent choice for community aquariums and beginner-friendly setups.

✨ Why aquarists love Albino Cherry Barbs

✔️ Soft pastel coloration — warm golden and pink tones under aquarium lighting
✔️ Peaceful schooling fish — excellent for community aquariums
✔️ Active but calm behavior — lively without excessive aggression
✔️ Perfect for planted tanks — contrasts beautifully against greenery
✔️ Beginner-friendly species — hardy and adaptable

📦 What you receive

• 6 × Albino Cherry Barb
• Size: Juvenile/Sub-adult
• Carefully selected from stable, healthy batches

🌍 About the species

Rohanella titteya originates from Sri Lanka and is widely appreciated for its peaceful temperament and elegant appearance.

Albino variants are known for:

• Pale golden body coloration
• Gentle schooling behavior
• Mid-level swimming activity
• Strong compatibility with peaceful fish
• Attractive coloration in planted environments

When maintained in groups, they create a balanced and natural visual flow throughout the aquarium.

🏡 Ideal aquarium setup

Albino Cherry Barbs thrive best in:

• Planted aquariums
• Peaceful community tanks
• Soft to moderately hard water
• Dim to moderate lighting
• Groups of 6 or more

Recommended setup:

• 60 liters or larger
• Dense planting with open swimming space
• Calm tankmates
• Stable tropical water conditions

⚠️ Compatibility notes

Albino Cherry Barbs are peaceful community fish.

Not ideal with:

• Aggressive cichlids
• Fin-nipping species
• Large predatory fish
• Extremely rough community setups

Best suited for:

✔️ Peaceful community aquariums
✔️ Planted tanks
✔️ Nano-to-medium tropical setups
✔️ Mixed schooling fish communities

🚚 Professionally packed for live arrival

Every shipment is treated as a live biological transport, not a standard parcel.

Your fish are packed using:

• Oxygen-filled fish bags
• Temperature-insulated packaging
• Shock-absorbing thermocol protection
• Fastest safe transport routes available

This minimizes transit stress and improves live arrival success.

🛡️ Live Arrival Guaranteed*

Instant Refund of Full Replacement for DoAs in accordance with our Refund Policy.

👉 You are not taking the risk alone.

💰 Total Delivered Price: ₹1,499/-

No hidden charges.
No surprise shipping fees.
The displayed price is the final delivered price.

🧠 Why is this priced at ₹1,499/-?

Unlike conventional aquarium stores, we do not price livestock only by “per fish” cost.

This pricing includes the entire safe delivery ecosystem, including:

• Fish value and batch quality
• Oxygen packing and insulation materials
• Specialized live-animal packaging
• Express transport logistics
• Mortality risk management

In many cases, shipping and packaging alone exceed ₹600 per order.

👉 This approach ensures every shipment remains ethical, viable, and survival-focused.

🧭 Is this right for you?

✔️ You want a peaceful and colorful community aquarium
✔️ You enjoy soft, elegant fish coloration
✔️ You are building a planted setup
✔️ You prefer active but calm schooling fish

⚠️ Not ideal if:

• You keep aggressive or predatory fish
• Your aquarium is overcrowded
• You prefer large centerpiece species
• Your setup lacks stable community conditions

🔬 Nero Labs Standard

These fish are maintained with:

• Controlled batch monitoring
• Observation-based selection
• Stress-aware handling
• Survival-focused transport preparation

We prioritize long-term stability and health over bulk-volume movement.

👉 Add soft color and peaceful movement to your aquarium

Experience the calm beauty and elegant schooling behavior of Albino Cherry Barbs from Nero Labs.

Albino Cherry Barb (Rohanella titteya)

Description

The Albino Cherry Barb (Rohanella titteya – albino morph), offered by Nero Labs, is a selectively maintained ornamental cyprinid morph recognized for its pale ivory to golden-white body coloration, translucent finnage, and calm, cohesive schooling behaviour. Derived from domesticated Cherry Barb lineages native to Sri Lanka, this morph has been refined for visual contrast, stable temperament, and suitability for planted and community aquarium environments.

Body coloration presents as creamy white to soft gold with faint pink undertones, while the eyes typically appear pink to light red as a result of albinism. Mature males may exhibit subtle warm blush tones under optimal conditions, whereas females retain a fuller body profile with more subdued coloration. Behaviour is peaceful and socially balanced, with minimal intraspecific aggression when maintained in appropriate group sizes. Colour clarity and overall vitality are closely linked to lighting intensity, water stability, and stress minimization.

Individuals supplied are lab-reared and system-acclimated within controlled, closed-system environments, reducing early-life stress and supporting predictable long-term adaptation to established aquaria. This lineage represents domesticated ornamental stock maintained for display refinement and behavioural consistency rather than wild ecological performance or conservation deployment.

System & Rearing Notes

Origin: In-house, Nero Labs
Rearing environment: Controlled, closed system
Line status: Selectively maintained ornamental cyprinid morph
Behaviour: Peaceful, schooling; minimal aggression
Feeding behaviour: Omnivorous; readily accepts prepared and supplemental feeds
Sexual dimorphism: Present; males slimmer with occasional blush coloration
Colour development: Stable; enhanced under gentle lighting and low-stress environments

Minor variation in ivory saturation, translucency, and fin clarity may occur between individuals and reflects normal biological diversity within maintained ornamental morphs.

Availability & Use

Availability of Albino Cherry Barbs is cycle-dependent and aligned with biological readiness and population stability rather than commercial inventory targets. This species is suitable for beginner to intermediate aquarists seeking calm, low-aggression ornamental fish.

Best suited for ornamental community aquaria, planted systems, nano to medium tanks, and mixed-species environments with compatible, peaceful inhabitants.

Important Note

Due to reduced pigmentation, Albino Cherry Barbs may be more sensitive to intense lighting. Providing shaded areas, floating vegetation, or darker substrates supports comfort, reduces stress, and preserves colour clarity.

Ethical & Operational Context

Distribution of Albino Cherry Barbs through Nero Labs prioritizes organism welfare, closed-system integrity, and responsible selective breeding of ornamental morphs. Proceeds support continued refinement of barb husbandry protocols, pigmentation stability research, and applied ornamental aquaculture initiatives.