There are only around 15 Pastel Albinos and Pastel Sunglows in existence. They, on average, are all very similar to each other. Some are certainly better than others but not as wide of margins as Corals seem to be. I have both. I have produced both. All the Pastel Albinos I have raised, have each gotten better with age except one male. That one male is not as orange at 5 1/2' as he was at 4'. Here is a shot I just took of him breeding tonight. Not much of a shot but you get the idea:







Here he was as a baby:







And another shot probably at his best:







Here was his brother breeding a year ago:







A picture of his seven foot long sister taken a few days ago:







Here is a shot of a Pastel Albino Sunglow taken when a few months old:







Here is one taken when about a year old:







And another shot taken just a few days ago at about 18 months of age:







These represent about 1/3 of the Pastel Albinos out there. Not very many I know but I am working on it and so are a whole mess of other folks with hets.



I don't know everything about the Corals for sure. But I do know that Corals are a lot more common. Corals have more pink up around the head vs. an overall pinkish turning orange cast. The Pastel Albinos tend to show an inverse of the normal pattern with the color. It will be interesting to see how these change as they get even larger and older. My Corals have looked their best at a smaller size than the Pastel Albinos. They are distinctly different just because of the different bloodlines I think.



I hope to have some babies from a different "Pastel" line this year. By the way, the other bloodline is the Lucy bloodline. The same bloodline that made up the first Boas in the East Bay Red Group long ago. I think they will look pretty good too but time will tell for sure.
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