Eric, I think you're missing some things there. Lol, Go back and read when it's not 2am. First off, all baby axolotls inherit their coloration from their parents. All of them. There are 4 sets of color-influencing genes: D or d, which instructs whether color migrates from the neural crest (leucistic axolotls are d/d, meaning they HAVE melanin cells, but they never migrate from the neural crest, which leads to the 'spotted' face and back of most leucistics). Ax or ax, this influences axanthophores, which are the yellow-producing pigments. If it is ax/ax, it has NO yellow, these individuals are usually weak and sickly. I had one which died a few days post hatching. M or m, which influences the iridophores, which are crystalized purine, causing iridescence, and A or a, which are your albino genes (a/a being albino).