Wallace,
I think we are actually saying the same thing just in different terms. I never used the phrase "hyper melanistic" so I am not sure where that entered into the equation... In my original post I said you wanted to breed to animals with 1) a dark black background and 2) high gold "aliens". I am guessing that you thought I meant hyper melanistic when I was talking about the dark black background?? That is not the case though, I was just saying to use "high contrast" normals which would have a marked difference between background and alien. I also believe that the red/brown flush in the background colour of the animal is from xanthins so if you use an animal that is more black than it is red you are less likely to get the "dirty" yellow spots popping up in the white areas of an albino.