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After googling the issue it seems this is a pretty common thing they do to show their male dominance

My yellow lab gets a black coloration between his mouth and eye area. The dark color seems to fade from faint to dark. Water params are perfect.

How about a chewere or a Labeotropheus trewavassae 'chismulu red' I had a female demasoni that did ok but she kept havn babies so i gave her away. Would a male work?

How about mixing labs? Someone told me they would fight each other.

I have a 50g tank that has been set up for 6 months and running smoothly. currently I have 2 yellow labs, 2 red zebras, 1 yellow tail, 2 mainganos, 1 mpanga. All Males..and I'd like to keep it that way! Looking to add a few more fish. Open for suggestions. red top afra green afra really like...

Had thus fish a couple weeks. Noticed light colored area under its mouth and chin area. Fish acts healthy but I dont remember seeing these patches before. Could this just be normal coloration b

I would keep dosing your tank. Do water tests daily. If your ph is stable 3 or 4 days then I would add fish. Kh strip tests may not be real accurate but they're probably good enough. You just wanna know what ballpark you're in. You dont have a water softener on your house do you?

Adding fish will not affect your ph. You really need to figure out why your tank ph is so much diff than tap. Personally I would do as large a pwc as possible and check your tank ph for a few days to make sure its stable. Keep dosing ammonia to keep your bb alive.

That seems low for most tap water. If your ph is stable then you are fine. Some people doing fishless cycles have ph problems towards the end. A 90% pwc usually solves the problem. I would test your tap water ph and kh. They should be very close to your tank water

I would test kh and ph of your tap water. As long as you do weekly pwc your tank water will stay close to your tap water. If your tap has low buffers (kh) then you will probably have to treat your water to keep your ph stable. You can buy an api kh test bottle by itself.

Mine zeroed in a 36 hr period so I dont think its unusual to drop that fast. I would still suggest you check your buffers. Its critical that your ph be stable and your buffer level is what stabilizes it. Check your tap water

Wish I could get the female out but I would probably have take out all of the stones to net her

Well now what. I thought I had an all male tank. I dont want babies! Whats gonna happen when she spits em

Mouth looks funny. Pics are if 2 different labs un my tank. I hav a video but cant figure how to upload