None of the above, Susan. It really has me puzzled. But what I know about cichlids is...well, you get the picture. Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional. -- "Susan Welenofsky" <welenofsky@comcast.net> wrote: Is the fish acting sick? Or is it doing a shimmy dance in front of a female? Susan -----Original Message----- From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of auntie.fran@netzero.net Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:56 PM To: gsas-member@thekrib.com Subject: [GSAS-Member] Does hubby have breeding or sick fish? In my old 29T, he has four yellow labs and three blue daffodils. We noticed last night that one of the labs we thought was a male (black markings on dorsal and anal fins) looks "pale" and has developed two perfectly symetrical black spots between the gill covers and pectoral fins. Is this "breeding" color? Is he sick? Out of a clear blue, the other two "males" seem to be aggressive toward the "spotted" fish. There's one smaller lab with no black markings that we'd assumed to be a female. Thanks for your help. Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional. _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member