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Ok, I hatched out a clutch from a male Amel and a female Crimson. In this clutch were Anerys, amels, normals, and the ones in the pics below. Also pictured are the parents. These babies have kind of a lavender tint to them, or maybe a ghost look? What do you think?

Mom

Dad

And Kids

Those look like ghosts, at least on my monitor-which merely indicates that your amel was het hypo (crimsons also being hypo).
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....

I actually bought both parents off of you Brad a few years ago as hatchlings.

Wow-the crimson bred already? Good for you!

Crimsons are variabe-that one obviously came out not as grey in the background as some. It resembles one of my females, so she was probably the parent...
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....

I don't recall exactly-but looks like the amel must have come from one of my "sunglow" females!
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....

some of your "normal" babies are probably hypos. b/c a hypo anery is a ghost. and if you got anerys from the clutch,,, crimson is a hypo... sooo i'm doing the math and hypo and anery are ghosts. Double check your normals...
~kin
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I'll assume the red eyes in the offspring photos were just from the flash of the camera, this is quite common to see. The offspring look like nice examples of ghosts....so your amel had to have been het for at least hypo and anery, and your Crimson had to have been het for at least anery and amel since as the other's already mentioned, a "Crimson" is a hypo Miami phase corn.

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Your first photo certainly looks hypo, but it doesn't look to be a "Crimson" per se, since the background coloration looks pretty orange,...whereas it should have a much lighter background color if it were a true Crimson.

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

agreed- looks like a hypo to me.. crimsons are a lighter color and not that bright... good eye Doug!!!!
~kin
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I purchased the Crimson a few years ago from Brad Chambers (brhaco). It was purchased as a crimson so that is what I call it.

Actually no, the babies do infact have ruby red eyes.

Ah!,....okay, that can certainly happen as well to some strains of ghost too!,....A friend of mine has a very pink adult ghost that has ruby-red eyes too, and I think Kathy Love had, or still does have some "special project" ghosts that have the ruby-red eyes as well.

In any case, those ghosts display some exceptional hypo characteristics, as opposed to some that look a little more anerythristic than other's, and should really look great as they age too!.....very nice indeed!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Defenitely look like ghosts. Check Normals again to c if they are hypo.