Joe,

About the "true color" statement... There is a genetic defect,(though I'm not sure what the name is as the book isn't in front of me at htis moment..lol) that causes the eurithryphores,xanthaphores, and the other color producing phore...(god theres alot to remeber with htis stuff...lol) tp actually retain and the chemical that produces the color in the skin and build up over time to produce a more colorful animal. That is why I believe there are more co-dom/dom morphs than most people realize. Of course this is an opinion and I/m no scientist.

Hypomelanism attacks the melanophores. The lack of or reduction of the melanin in the animal can directly result in color loss as melanophores directly aid in the production of color and pattern into adulthood, but primarily when the embryo is forming. That is why you need to be carefull what bloodline you use when selecting a hypo animal because some of the lines do result in extreme color loss. With the obvious exceptional animals that pop up in them now and then.

Albinism restricts the produbtion of tyrosin? I think that's the right way to spell it... Since that chemical is needed for the production of melanin that is why the animal drops brown and black.tyrosinas- drops brwon and no melanin means no black.

NOW...lol... If you add a genetic defect that makes the "phores"...lol... overreactive or "hyper" or they "retain" the color and build it up in their skin to appear more colorful to these genes then you have an exceptional animal....

So by selective breeding, you are basically weeding out the forms of the genetic defect that you don't want in the end result....that's all.

I guess my question should have been... how come we don't see more adult animals. I sure wish someone could post pics of some animals from the pastel lines from neonate to adult.

Corals too.

Anyway, I would still defiantely go with the Sharp albino male. :-P

Later and thanks!

rOBERT wOOD
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