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I posted this the other day and was hoping for some opinions -- got any?

I get confused when I see ads for "hets" for coral. or that say something like "these Albinos will coral up in time", because they came from a coral line. I know that Coral Albinos do coral up as they grow, but not all Albinos in the litter are coral are they? I had thought that they worked like Pastels in that they can appear from random pairings.

Here is an Albino that I produced in '05 from a female het(J.Ronne, not pastel), to a colorful het male (Griff). I haven't labeled him as anything but Albino even though he developed color. About half of the Albinos in the litter took on pink sides and heads, but the other half were average, which is why I don't understand why people call their normals hets for coral. Can anyone shed some light?

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I'm just the snake room janitor

Assuming that the seller is being honest, het for coral means that one of the parents was a coral. Coral albinos work like pastels. Not all the offspring will be corals. When looking at the hets look for ones that have good color. Also, ask for a photo of the coral albino that produced the hets so you can confirm that it is indeed a coral. I would also want to see photos of some of the other offspring.

Nice coral you have there. Here is mine.

This is what she looked like when I first got her.

Hope I was able to help

Thanks,

Steve Ihrig - sdi

After reading your post again it sounds like you have the answers already. I would just look for the hets with the most color keeping in mind that occasionally there are some late bloomers. Again, get photos of the parents and offspring the seller claims are corals. Good luck!