When Walter said that Don S's Coral Snow proved to be homo for Hypo, I wondered how he knew. I assume he bred it to a Hypo, or recovered a Hypo from hets he created, but this would not prove that Don S's Coral Snow was a Hypo Snow, Hypo/Straw Snow or Straw Snow. The production of a Hypo only proves than it is one of the three possibilities.
If I were producing Ghost that I knew were homo for Strawberry, I would call them Salmon Ghost, and Snows that were homo for Strawberry Salmon Snows, which would tell the buyer, the genetics behind the morph. Obviously selective breeding has been done with the Salmon line to make them pinker than a standard Straw Anery. I think in this case, the selective breeding has brought together, Homo Straw Anery and Red Mask and Red Coat.
It seems the best of the best Salmons have all of these traits, which is why they are so pink and so desirable. I also think that Salmon is just as descriptive of the extreme pink on Salmon Snows and Salmon Ghost as coral is.
After reading this over and over and thinking more about it, I am now starting to think this is the case, (
that the RedCoat trait is the cause of the deep saturation of pink coloration)
First, I would like to retract my saying that Don's Coral was homo HYPO A. It still very well may be, but could also be a Hypo/Straw.
I've come to this conclusion due to these reasons:
1) that Don's Corals came from Jim, (
which I didn't know until this thread)
2) I figured it to be homo HYPO A
only, due to the fact I was under the assumtion that the Stawberry trait was the cause of the deep pink saturation of the Salmons and seeing Don's Coral does not display that deep saturation I didn't think that it could be homo for Stawberry.
Also because I have recoverd Hypos
or Hypo/Straws from the F2 animals descendant of Don's Coral Snow.......BUT, now not sure if it's one or both.
It seems to make alot more sense now about the RedCoat playing a factor in these deep pinks on the Salmons, seeing the RedCoat trait pretty much applies a transparent
RED wash of color over everything that is already there, which deepens the overall coloration.
Something else I've noticed with the RedCoats, is that the red coloration is even present on the belly and covering quite a bit of the belly, if not all.
My Salmon Snow has the same pink coloration on a little more than of her belly as on her dorasl/latteral and my Salmon Ghost has the same pink coloration over
all of her belly.
This presence of pink belly color is leading me more to believe in the theory of the RedCoat being a player in the Salmon line.
The Corals (Snow & Ghost) that I held back that came from Don's Coral has absolutly NO pink coloration on their bellies, plus they do not display the deep saturation as the Salmons. Again, this is not an attempt to bash Don's Coral(s), it's mearly being mentioned to differ what I'm seeing between both lines. Don has always/still does produce some awesome Coral Snows. Hell, why do you think I asked for a loaner from him.
Walter
:crazy02:BOUT' CORNS !!
