CalgaryFan Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 (edited) Sorry about the horendous pictures, I will get some better ones after the new sand settles a bit, probably tomorrow - and I get them back in the big tank. It's just so damn hard to take a picture of these buggers when you have a shotty camera like mine lol. The pic was taken more for a referance photo, so I can look back, you know Edited February 27, 2007 by CalgaryFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 How big are they? Are you sure they are yellow labs? They dont' appear to show any of the black on the fins and that one in the middle looks to have an egg spot(does it or is it just the picture?). Just curious. I know sometimes yellow lab juvies take a while to get their black markings. My F2s took untill about 1 1/2" untill their black was really black. I'd just never seen an egg spot on a lab before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalgaryFan Posted February 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 (edited) Oh they are probably some sort of crappy hybrid then. All of them have the black fins, and yes those are egg spots, and I have read that labs do not have egg spots. New subject, what are my "labs" hybrids with? They look like this one I found on the internet, but not as big and the stripes aren't as black yet. Mine are still small, maybe an inch? http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1229772651062517539UimPQY Edited February 27, 2007 by CalgaryFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 I really dont' know That pic in the link looks like a nice lab. I've just never seen or kept a lab that had eggspots. So I was just wondering about it. If they are only 1" then light black on the dorsal and fins is still normal. As I said, my fry sometimes didn't get their dark black markings untill 1 1/2". I do know that hybrid labs are very common,especially the "solid yellow" labs. Sometimes they mix them with red zebras or saulosi females Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalgaryFan Posted February 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 here's some new pics, one of them makes the face look weird, that's just the pic talking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
African_Fever Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 My guess is hybrids with either Met. estherae or Ps. saulosi. First pic, bottom left has barring like a saulosi, but the rest of them look a lot like Met. estherae to me. Too bad; with all the higher quality yellow labs around, it's too bad you got stuck with hybrids. If you ever make it down to the Hat I could help you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalgaryFan Posted February 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 (edited) Well this sucks balls. - anyone want hybrids? :| Edited February 27, 2007 by CalgaryFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 (edited) While I agree with both Val & Kyle on these fish appearing to be hybrids, yellow labs can indeed have egg spots. http://cichlidae.com/gallery/picture.php?p=123 Edited February 27, 2007 by RD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOSStile Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Interesting I will have to check mine for egg spots, always just figured mouth brooders had. Looks like red zebra in them. Calgaryfan if you are interested in raising yellow labs, try to source them from A.A. members like Punman, African Fever or Degrassi. You won't be disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalgaryFan Posted February 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 yeah, I just got them from brad who got them from the auction on sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 While I agree with both Val & Kyle on these fish appearing to be hybrids, yellow labs can indeed have egg spots. http://cichlidae.com/gallery/picture.php?p=123 Good to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spcy Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 If all yellow labs that have barring on them are hybrids. Then every yellow lab that I've seen in the last 20+ years is a hybrid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalgaryFan Posted February 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Not sure what to do now, since this is my first case in owning hybrids - I don't really have any more tank space, I'm not gonna be inhumane and just kill them - they are still nifty little fish, I will just have to do with them. Thanks for the informative replies, kind of a downer though eh? lol :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOSStile Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 If all yellow labs that have barring on them are hybrids. Then every yellow lab that I've seen in the last 20+ years is a hybrid. Kyle said that it had barring like a saulosi, not that labs couldn't have barring. It is as far as I know a sign of less than optimal bloodline though for a lab to have prominent barring, especially in older fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
African_Fever Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Exactly what Harold said about the barring; it looks more like the barring found in a saulosi than that found in a lab. I know the pics are fuzzy as well and the colours are probably off a bit as well, but the general shapes of many of them also makes me think they're hybrids. But then again, what do I know, I'm probably the only person in western Canada with wild yellow labs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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