I agreed with you about the pastels. I realize breeders use pastels to clean up other lines, but most have reds and pinks throughout the body. In a post above Djinn wrote "This little girl I bought is turning into one of the nicest pastels I have seen. She is getting VERY red." Perphaps the "true" definition from the person that started them years ago is that the black is washed out but I think when most people are looking for a pastel, they are looking for some color, not just a clean normal. I thought the offspring could only be pastels if the parents were. I stand corrected. The het sharp that was posted did not come from any line of pastels. Thus, it has not had the benefit of selective breeding like Jeff Ronnes pastel albinos. Fifteen years is a long time ro refine a pastel line and boy does it show. That het sharp is an exceptional animal (I would love to have it in my collection anyday), but it doesn't have the pinks and reds throughout the body that I have seen in most pastel lines. My question was do you think the fact that a pastel is clean will add color to an albino or the fact that they have pinks and reds throughout the body? Because I don't see the pinks and reds like I saw in the picture of your het coral albino. I personally believe it is the pinks and reds, not just the cleanliness. Now as far as hypo siblings having more color, that is just what I have heard. I know some people would disagree. To be honest I had a hard time following exactly what your quote was saying. Who wrote it and where can I find it? It said "There is no reason at all to believe that hypos have more color than their normal siblings....they have the same red and orange but it CAN'T BE SEEN because of the black that is still present. Here is something that you said earlier this year "Saying that nothing has been added to them is not true, once you have added the salmon gene, then you are adding color that wasn't just there..." So does a normal salmon sibling have added color or not? What other sharp strain animals do you have besides the pair you are selling and the 66% poss het sharp sunglow on your site? Are you expecting any sharp animals this upcoming season?
Michael Burton

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