yellow labs?

[Grandmastr]

well i bought 4 yellow labs the other day


all but one have black on its fins,

is that the male?

or the other 3 is a different species?

[valerie]

Male and females yellow labs are very hard ot tell apart jsut by looks. All yellow labs should have black on their fins. Sometimes LFS have what they call "solid yellow labs" which are supposedly yellow labs that are all yellow, but a few discussion on another board says they are most likely hybrids between yellow labs and red zebras, not line bred yellow labs like you would think.

Males tend to have more black on their fins and are larger. But sometimes females can show these caracteristics too. Venting them is the only way to be sure.

Are you plannign on breeding them, is that why you want to sex them?

[Grandmastr]

yes im tryin to breed them

the 3 i have dont have any black on their fins, i guess its one of those solid yellow labs

but the one has tons of black

is it possible for those 2 breed together?

[~*LuvMyKribs*~]

I dont think you can sex them just by the blackness on thier fins, body, etc.

I would say wait it out and see what happens. Even if you had 1 male and three females you can't force them to breed. Just wait and see if any get it on.

[JSchmidt]

From my experience, if you have a male yellow lab and a female yellow lab, and both are sexually mature, it will only be a matter of time before you have fry.

The other fish - with black - doesn't sound like a yellow lab. I'd return it to prevent it from mating with the labs.

Jim

[LMOUTHBASS]

those labs are jk

[valerie]

Yellow labs should have a bright yellow body, free from any barring or black. Their fins should have black. LIke this http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/l_caeruleus.php

Here is disscuses what "good labs" are.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=32270&highlight=yellow+labs+barring
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=18940&highlight=solid+yellow+labs

I wouldn't breed any yellow labs that wasn't a good specimin as there are already enough bad looking labs out there.

For protential breeder labs i would look for bright yellow body with no barring.No black anywhere on teh body or muddy markings. Nice black fins.

If some of you fish are solid yellow then i wouldn't breed them with other labs. As you can never be sure. THey can either be hybris or line bred.If they are hybrids i wouldnt' think of breeding them but if htey are line bred only breed them with other solid yellows.

[Grandmastr]

i definatly have one true yellow lab,

looks exactly like the ones on http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/l_caeruleus.php
and every high quality

the others , have no black at all, have little faded like lines up and down on their sides, look like labs like in the pics,but small fins and no black on it

they are all about 3-4 inches

im goin to take some pics of them when i get my cam back

[valerie]

You have a nice looking lab if it looks like the one in the pic.

As for the others, if they ahve barring and no black fins i would return them and tr to get another lab that looks like the first one.

Pics would be appreciated

[valerie]

Here is another post mentioning all yellow yellow labs. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=34574