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I'm looking to buy a snow but dont know how to tell what the difference in the grades(A, B, B , ect) anyone know?

It usually refers to how white they are. "A" grade being pretty much pure white, "B" grade white with some yellow, "C" grade more yellow, etc... Problem with the snows is that they generally look super white as hatchlings and then as they get older start to get more yellow, some even lose the white altogether. That is one of the problems with buying a baby snow, you may wind up with a snow that doesn't look white at all by the time it reaches adulthood....
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Sam
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Oh great! Just bought a baby snow ($75.00). I guess now I just have to keep my fingers crossed. I guess I should buy them as adults any recomedations? And if you breed 2 A snows what are the chances you will get A snows?

snow is line bred. so their is a bunch of alelle pairs doing the coloration. it is hard to tell the outcome of line bred traits.
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OK I need you to explain line bread a little better to me? If I wantes to breed snows whats the best way? Or is there one?

Line bred, to put it in simple terms, is to take the best looking male and female example of the trait you want (Tangerine, Snow, Carrot Tail, etc..) and breed them together in the hopes that they produce offspring that display improved examples of the trait you are breeding for. The problem with this is, unlike an albino for example (Albino Albino = Albino), the offspring do not always hatch with the improved appearance you are shooting for. This is why Line bred traits hold their value better, it is harder to consistently produce the top notch examples. Take a look at Albeys breeder page, his snow breeders are knock outs and he has been working with them for several years now, in that time I have seen him list maybe a dozen A grade specimens, none of which I thought were an improvement over their parents.
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Sam
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Thanks! Makes alot of sense. Now if I have a A snow breed with an A snow will I get different snows or could I get some normals, yellows etc....?

There is no way to say for sure, that's half the fun of breeding, seeing what hatches and how they turn out. It goes back to my Albey example, if it was a sure thing then everyone of his breeders would produce A Grade snows, and that just doesn't happen.....
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Sam
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A is the least color, most whitest. down to D with some tan. heres a pic of killer. i think hes just a normal (mayb some where in his roots he has a snow ansester)but a couple ppl think he mite b a D grade snow.
hope thats what you wanted to kno
nevin

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