albino vs high contrast

[jtman]

I have a question about "High contrast" albinos. Looking at pics of HC albinos and regular albino i can hardly see any difference. Are they genetically different? what if i buy a het HC albino and breed to a normal albino, are they compatible? Some insight would be helpful! Thanks

JT

[TekWarren]

I won't pretend to be an expert and I have never produced an albino but here is my insight...which I'm sure will be corrected if I'm wrong. "HC" to me means exactly that...a nice clean bright white with a nice clean bright yellow. Now have I ever seen an albino BP that I didn't think was hot?? no i haven't but those more involved with albino BP's and have seen alot more can tell you the real differences.

I also think that in some cases its just marketing hypes.

[jtman]

I thought it just might be some hypes. I havent seen any pics of "ugly" albinos. I think they are all absolutely amazing. I was just worried that they might be incompatible or something. I was just shipped a 1.1 het albino pair from Joe Ellis; has anyone heard of him? Thanks for your responseTekWarren

JT

[TekWarren]

not a problem, I purchased my 100% het pair this summer from two different breeders and two different blood lines. One was being called high contrast I don't remember if the other was advertised as such or not. Maybe Adam or someone who has actually produced and had many albino's pass through their hands will chime in here.

[rabernet]

I'm not sure of the difference either, but NERD has faded albinos, hi-contrast albinos and some others listed on their site. You might want to take a look there. Hopefully someone with more experience can comment.

[Adam_Wysocki]

They're all high contrast as babies.

-adam

[daniel1983]

This is kinda off topic, but:

It seems like everyone always discusses the 'line' of axanthic that is used to make snow bps. So does the 'quality' of albino used to make the snow make a big difference? I have seen faded looking adult albinos and I have seen some where the contrast is very strong. Would the snow created from a high contrast albino show more pattern than a lower contrast albino? I have never heard this discussed so I was just wondering