Electric Yellow Cichlid Male Vs Female. If your yellow lab has no black stripe or very little then it is possibly a hybrid, since yellow labs should have the black dorsal stripe, whether they are male or female. The female will lay her eggs against a surface, preferably a flat rock.

A female lays eggs, a male fertilizes the eggs, and the female picks up the eggs in her mouth. Electric yellows and all mbunas are mouthbrooders. Breeding & spawning electric yellow cichlid the male starts by cleaning his chosen spawning site and displaying his colors to get a female’s attention.