Rob, I've seen the pictures before... killer animals, no question. The reality is that the founding animal from all of this in your words was an "Ihle Salmon male(with an aberrant pattern)". You said it right there... Salmons have a tendency to be "abberant". The hypo gene clearly alters pattern as well as color and when you're dealing with offspring in the range of 15-45 you will get variation. Take the nicest and line breed them to increase the likelihood of making more like them.

Calling it a "line" of animals is the right thing.. calling it genetic is another... it's genetic because that's what the hypo gene does. This ultimately just causes confusion for new people coming into the hobby regardless if you call it a line/morph, but these and others similar in my opinion should only be refered to as a "line".

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• Yes, you may have - robertmcphee, Tue Mar 17 08:52:17 2009
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• RE: Yes, you may have - Guy Scavone II, Tue Mar 17 10:45:45 2009
• RE: Yes, you may have - VFR, Tue Mar 17 10:52:52 2009
• RE: Yes, you may have - Guy Scavone II, Tue Mar 17 11:05:33 2009
• I don't think luck played in that one... - robertmcphee, Tue Mar 17 11:05:51 2009
• RE: Yes, you may have - Guy Scavone II, Tue Mar 17 10:40:48 2009
• RE: Yes, you may have - VFR, Tue Mar 17 10:47:14 2009
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• RE: Yes, you may have - Guy Scavone II, Tue Mar 17 16:18:01 2009
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• RE: Yes, you may have - robertmcphee, Tue Mar 17 17:53:15 2009
• RE: Yes, you may have - EricIvins, Tue Mar 17 18:43:39 2009
• RE: Yes, you may have - boaphile, Tue Mar 17 20:09:36 2009
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• I have recently compromised my project - robertmcphee, Tue Mar 17 11:15:22 2009
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• I respect everyones opinion, even those - robertmcphee, Tue Mar 17 11:39:56 2009
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• Very nice conversation...Thanks again np - robertmcphee, Tue Mar 17 12:00:14 2009
• RE: I have recently compromised my project - VFR, Tue Mar 17 11:19:07 2009
• RE: I have recently compromised my project - Guy Scavone II, Tue Mar 17 11:22:46 2009
• RE: I have recently compromised my project - robertmcphee, Tue Mar 17 11:28:52 2009
• RE: I have recently compromised my project - Guy Scavone II, Tue Mar 17 11:40:30 2009
• Theres something we can completely agree - robertmcphee, Tue Mar 17 11:41:47 2009
• RE: Yes, you may have - LarM, Tue Mar 17 11:56:53 2009
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• Here's a few from my Cyclone litter - nickstone, Tue Mar 17 12:24:47 2009
• A few thoughts... - boaphile, Tue Mar 17 15:53:44 2009
• RE: A few thoughts... - robertmcphee, Tue Mar 17 17:45:55 2009