Re: Orange Ghost question
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I BALL OUT
I have been looking at 2-3 gene females with ghost not orange ghost as a mate for him. I have not bought anything yet but I am glad I made the call and got some clarity on exactly what I got. I was kind of swept up in the moment when I picked him up.
Bet they are hypo/OG/ghost as well.
Re: Orange Ghost question
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I BALL OUT
Cool I just wanted to make sure that they are genetically compatible and would still have the ghost trait if breed together. I thought that they would reduce different colors or something possibly. Thanks for the clarification
Most lines of Ghost or Hypo are compatible. There are a few that are not. So you still want to be careful. Orange Ghost is compatible with most of the other lines, so you have a good starting point. The different color names of the Hypo gene refer to the "wash" that it has. Orange Ghost has an Orange wash while Green Ghost has a green wash, ect.
Re: Orange Ghost question
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piedpipper
But what will happen if you breed an orange ghost to a regular ghost? Will they have somewhat of an orange wash but not as much as a true OG? Or does it work some other way?
I have the opportunity to get a male ghost to put to two female lessers het OG but I'm not sure if its frowned upon or reduces quality if you mix ghost lines? Or does it not really matter?
The above poster should of said the original founding animals of the lines had a color wash to them. Most orange ghost today don't have the orange wash. I have only seen pictures of ghosts with anything resembling green, but I have seen quite a few green ghost line. It more of just a name rather than an actual identifier now. Mixing lines doesn't matter, assuming they are compatible. quality is going to be as good as the animals being paired, doesn't matter what line is assigned to them. All of my stock is mixed lines and I produce hypos that are more orange than 90% of what I see labeled as orange ghost.