The Coral is an animal that Pete Kahl worked with...That produced young where some of the babies would exhibit a strong red flush (AS THEY MATURE)!!! That is the key to understand a Coral...They are not Born that way!!!

Argentines are very pink when babies!!! So naturally they would express the strong pink colors in albinos when they are babies!!! But then when Argentines mature they LOOSE the pink colors!!!! What do you think happens to the adult Argentine crosses? Yes they LOOSE the reds as well!

Buyer beware!

Corals work like a Pastel Gene...only being distributed at birth to some of the babies....Problem is you do not know which ones...so really they should only be sold as possible Corals in My opinion.....

They will get more red as they mature and by 2 or 3 years of age should have a red head...and red flush through sides although I think most would agree the red head is the key...

This is why Corals are big demand...they are not easily found and produced...
Find a huge albino with the Coral features...Nobody wants to sell!

Unless you want to produce Argentines...watch what you buy!


My 2 cents!!!


Andy Federico
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• Genetics of a Coral Albino? - laramax219, Tue Dec 26 17:35:08 2006
• colombian x argintine - thecaiman, Tue Dec 26 19:58:50 2006
• Col X Argie coral -- huh? - Morgans Boas, Tue Dec 26 20:29:29 2006
• RE: colombian x argintine...umm...no - Andy__G, Tue Dec 26 23:59:09 2006
• Wow! " NO" !!! They are NOT Argentines - ajfreptiles, Wed Dec 27 07:47:15 2006
• RE: Wow! " NO" !!! They are NOT Argentines - thecaiman, Wed Dec 27 18:03:34 2006
• Conjecture - RyanHomsey, Wed Dec 27 19:11:12 2006
• i dont know about you - thecaiman, Thu Dec 28 09:12:09 2006
• Honestly: - RyanHomsey, Thu Dec 28 12:16:27 2006
• I disagree on multiple points - RyanHomsey, Wed Dec 27 09:53:57 2006
• RE: I disagree on multiple points - mdc, Wed Dec 27 10:06:34 2006
• RE: I disagree on multiple points - voodoomagik, Wed Dec 27 13:43:48 2006
• RE: I disagree on multiple points - RyanHomsey, Wed Dec 27 15:23:08 2006
• I forgot to note - RyanHomsey, Wed Dec 27 15:34:43 2006
• RE: I agree with you, Ryan. - voodoomagik, Wed Dec 27 13:40:36 2006
• that and - RyanHomsey, Wed Dec 27 15:28:47 2006
• Hey, Dumeril's.com... - voodoomagik, Wed Dec 27 13:36:32 2006
• RE: Hey, Dumeril's.com... - thecaiman, Wed Dec 27 17:29:38 2006
• The ORIGINAL Coral Albino's where..... - AshLopez, Tue Dec 26 21:13:32 2006
• Based on my observation I would call it: - RyanHomsey, Wed Dec 27 09:49:54 2006
• Ryan please post some update pics of.... - Locolizard, Wed Dec 27 10:38:21 2006
• Soon my friend, Soon - RyanHomsey, Wed Dec 27 15:31:29 2006