I asked before, but it got worse(PICS inside)

[AVenom]

I asked before, but it got worse

I asked before about my yellow labs turning black...it has now gone from just under the chin, to it's whole underside...It doesn't look right to me.
You can click on these for full view, then click them again for really big view to get a close look at it.

The one on the right in this picture...

 

[H2O]

There may not be anything wrong with it. I have seen other full-grown yellow labs with similar coloring.

 

[TLM4x4]

Thats what I was thinking too having looked at the pics I too remember wondering the same thing looking at MY lab butttttt waiting and watching it the "darker" spot in full light seems more irridescent like the inside of an abolone shell, and in darker light does seem to take on a "darker" hue. If anyone else has a different theory I would be interested in any comments as well....

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I wouldn't worry. Looks like a nice well fed fish. Like i said before, could be the same as pepper on a discus. Lightens and darkens with its surroundings and mood.

 

[dss2004]

The three labs I put in a cichlid tank about a year ago, do the same thing. Nothing to be worried about. I have also seen them at many different displays doing the same thing. There colors will come and go based on the dominance in the tank.

Beautiful looking fish you have there.

 

[Acei]

That's natural for tank bred labs. You won't really see it if you wanted to drop the money for wild caught labs, but with the standard tank bred variety that is available to us you see it quite often. This comes from generation after generation of inbreeding and from breeders not making sure that their breeding stock are 'perfect' before allowing them to breed.

 

[AVenom]

That's natural for tank bred labs. You won't really see it if you wanted to drop the money for wild caught labs, but with the standard tank bred variety that is available to us you see it quite often. This comes from generation after generation of inbreeding and from breeders not making sure that their breeding stock are 'perfect' before allowing them to breed.

So in other words, I got crappy fish for $9.00 each?

 

[Acei]

That's the best any of us get unless we want to pay about $100 a piece for wild caught. Occasionally you'll come across a pure yellow one, but it's rare...

 

[Cichlid-Man]

No crappy fish. Just not Wild stock quality. Nothing can beat wild quality, however its not always there to get.

I think your fish look good.

 

[Acei]

Sorry AVenom, I didn't mean to imply that you had crappy fish... That's just what is available to the average hobbyist. Mine are just like yours... Sorry again it if came across wrong.

 

[AVenom]

No it's fine...I'm not mad or anything, I quite like them too