Re: Is the fire gene really that great?
My firefly is definetley getting brighter!!! Nothing works better with the pastel gene in my opinion.
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Re: Is the fire gene really that great?
Fires are a great "clean up" gene. Not to mention some of the unexpected results of combining it with certain genes (vanilla comes to mind). Personally, I feel there are few genes to work with that have the versatility as the fire. I haven't seen a combo of it that I didn't like.
As far as different lines being better or worse, I don't feel qualified to say for sure. I have 1.1 2011 Super Fires from Mike Wilbanks. I can say that they are both great snakes, and I'm very pleased with both of them. From what I can see on his site, his line has the potential to make some killer combos. But there a lot of lines (RDR just this year confirmed his on line). Some produce solid white supers with black eyes, while others seem to produce more heavily yellow marked supers.
I don't think you can really go wrong with any of the fire lines.
At the end of the day, its a matter of opinion and preference.
Re: Is the fire gene really that great?