I have decided that this year if I buy anything, it's goin to be an ultramel, but then what will I do with it? I think the obvious answer would be ultra pied since it's stunning, but what else would be nice? (sorry, this is what I do when I can't sleep, think about pairings etc). I'm not partial to snows, so I'm not really feeling the ultramel axanthic (why would you combine awesome color gene + takes out color gene?), but then I started thinking how would a lavender ultramel look? Would the lavender intensify the terra cotta parts of the ultra, or will the albinism override everything to make something more snow-like?

I realize this is a rather long-term project, as well as completely theoretical at this point. I just like the idea of selecting genes that compliment and improve each other aesthetically, rather than how many genes I can fit in a single animal (which is also a perfectly reasonable plan, it just doesn't "do it" for me personally), and I feel like I don't know how lavender influences things well enough to even guess how that combo might express visually. Does anyone who's worked with these genes have any thoughts about it? Thanks!