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This girl was produced last June from a Salmontine bred to a Salmontine. She is the only one in the litter that shows this black. When she was born, there was no black at all, but after every shed, it gets thicker and thicker. When will it stop? Is this Paradox or what???

Thanks
Rich and John

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The little guy we got from you also exhibits some strange peppering here and there.

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My hypo. het. anery. poss. het. albio has very similar patches on her in the same region but not as much as your salmontine. I have also seen paradox looking hypo's sell on the classifieds in years past for higher prices than typical hypos. They also resembled your paradox.

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Thanks Greg! One thing interesting, in this litter we had another female that shows the same stuff, only its white and not black. It is really odd, and we havent photographed her yet, but her belly is turning snow white and its crawling up her sides and on her tail. Too bad they are both girls.

Thanks for the comments,
John

John...what I do is cup my hand over their mouth and blow into their nose....works every time...makes lots of males...just kidding..lol....It would be great to see the other female pics..Thanks Andy

Hello John. That is very unique...what do you think causes that? Any ideas? Cool look though. Andy

Paradox is called such not only because of the black pigment itself. By definition an albino is a condition where is there is supposed to be NO black pigment. Therefore, if an albino has ANY black pigment that would be a paradox. Hypos are defined as having REDUCED black pigment. Even though the big spots of black pigment are very interesting, they would not be a paradox by definition since hypos are allowed to have black. Cool boa though!
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