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Hi guys! Just curious if anyone has thoughts on this guy. When he was hatched, I noticed he has copper eyes, and put him in my tubs with my baby coppers. But as he grew bigger, he never developed spots. So I put him with the Leucistic clutch. But, he doesn't quite match them either. I thought I made a mistake and put him in the wrong clutch, but now I think he's just something different. Initially he looks like a regular Leucistic, but when you look at him close, he does have the (normally copper) silver eyes with the red pupil. So...... Thought? Silver eyed leucistic?
 

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Do you know what the parents were? Could be a copper leucisitc - it's only obvious in the eyes unless they have a good few freckles.
 
Either 2 wild het for copper, or wild het copper X mel leucistic. That's the only 2 combinations it could be, I'm just not sure which clutch it was hatched with because I second guessed myself and kept switching it back and forth. So most like the wild het copper and mel leucistic though. It's a lot slower growing than its siblings. It's about 2.5-3" while everyone else is roughy 3.5"
I didn't realize there was a copper leucistic....
 
Sorry, forgot to respond about freckles, not a freckle or spot to be seen. Pure leucistic looking body, but not leucistic eyes...
 
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