Thanks for the location correction, HDEAN.



There are no pure albino Sinaloans. As far as who cross-bred Sinaloans and Nelsons first, that would be impossible to find out. If people were doing it, they probably weren't admitting it.



True Nelson's were not that easy to come by in the early 90s. I bought pairs from Applegate for $200 per pair. Single female Sinaloans were easy to find at $35 each. I'm sure a heck of a lot of people took a "shortcut" and cross-bred the two.



At the time albino Nelson's were going for $2K, so there was much temptation to breed an albino male to normal female Sinaloans and make hets, which were selling for $1K each.



Below is one of my Applegate Nelson's, she is now 12 years old and still a good breeder.



Tim

Third Eye

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• What is the origin of the albino nelsons? - vjl4, Tue Jan 24 21:15:48 2006
• RE: What is the origin of the albino nelsons? - tspuckler, Wed Jan 25 07:47:19 2006
• Close. - HDEAN, Wed Jan 25 08:56:25 2006
• Thanks, follow up question about origin of albino sinaloan... - vjl4, Wed Jan 25 13:59:31 2006
• RE: Thanks, follow up question about origin of albino sinaloan... - tspuckler, Thu Jan 26 09:12:28 2006