I have a lot of respect for both of you!! This is a good debate among friends...Originally Posted by jben
I have a lot of respect for you so I don't think you are being rude my friend. I'm a big believer in that salmon sayingbut I look at hogs differently since they're a locality and not a "morph". I don't think they should be crossed since they're from a different locality and they're beauty. Actually I think they shouldn't be classified as BCI, hogs should've had they're own classification just like pearls but that's just my humble opinion.
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I agree with this ^^. However, to be clear, Hogs are not technically all hypomelanistic. There are Hogs and there are Hypo Hogs - which are referred to as Sunsets. Hogs do have lighter coloration, but when the hypo gene is added, they are then referred to as Sunset Hogs.
Personally, I think maybe we should take out the "Hog Island Hypo" choice on the calculator. Partly since Hogs are a specific locality and we aren't including localities, but also because hypomelanism in Hogs is the same hypo gene in BCIs in general. It is, in fact, compatable with the hypo/salmon gene. Therefore, this choice is actually redundant.
Hope that made sense..... LoL!!
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