Agreed, you would still get your albinos. However, using your example, wouldn't you want to know that some of those females are double hets? Especially if you had a double het male!

What if the male turned out to be a double het but was sold as a het for albino because there was a small percentage he carried both genes, amel and axanthic. Too small of a percentage so the breeder never tells you, by percentage or by breeding results, no additional info is disclosed.You breed him to a normal female, keep the female hatchlings,raise them and breed them back to dad. You now get 1.1 albinos with the male being just albino and the female being an albino het for axanthic. Your next step is exactly what most of us would do. You replace your male DH sold to you as a single het with the albino male.

Well, you did get your albinos but I'll bet that you now wished you knew that some of those females were double hets.

More info about your stock, your breeders, and what's coming into your collection is better than no info. However small the chance is, it's better to know.

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