Fishyfanatic
Aquarium Advice Addict
I went to the fish store this morning to get a backing for my tank and saw that they had a big tank full of "Asst Africans" for $5.99 each. Normally I wouldn't even think about looking at the tank, but it had a bunch of yellow labs in it. The employee told me that they are pure yellow labs, but I didn't get any because she couldn't sex them for me. She basically said that if they have the egg spots then they are male, but I know that isn't always true in labs. I know that if the top black stripe is dark black, then it's a male, but if it is a lighter black, then it's female. But they all looked the same, a kind of light black color. BUT, they had black speck bars on their sides. The woman told me it was because of stress. Which makes me not want to buy them. They are of breeder size, which makes me want to get them. But I'm unsure if that's REALLY what the black speck bars are. I don't want to get a mix breed. Can anyone shed some light onto what exactly the black bars are?