Blue Ram: Ovipositor or Large Anal Vent?

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Silverchild23

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Please Advise, I cant seem to get an answer:

One of my German Blue Rams has a noticeably extended anal vent (or ovipositor). It is about 2mm long, white (same as skin colour), doesn't look irritated or red, and has nothing visibly coming out of it. It just looks like the anus/ovipositor is sticking out further than it should be. It has been there for over a week and seems to have grown very little. I have only had the ram for about 4 week, and otherwise it seems fine, is eating fine and swimming about happily.

Here's an artists impression attached (i dont have a pic yet)

Does anybody know what this might be and whether it's a good thing / how to treat it if it's bad?

Many Thanks

TANK: 240L Juwel Rio (4ft), Eheim Pro External Filter, Planted tank. 4x Angels, 4x Keyholes, 2x Blue Rams, 6x Rummynose Tetra and 2x BN Plecos. Conditions: Nitrite 0, Ammonia 0, Nitrate Around 20, pH 7-7.5.

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sounds like/looks like an ovipositer
 
i don't know if im correct cause im no expert, but my cichlids usually have that while they are breeding, laying and fertiling the eggs. I'm probaly wrong but i just wanted to add that

good luck with ya rams
 
i dont know much about it but i remember my old rams starting having it get bigger and then worms started poking out, then the ram died. Not trying to bring your hopes down or anything, but just saying what happened to me.

But your one seems a bit different from what happened to my one. And also my ram was the bolivian, not the blue.
 
looks like ovipositor..is there a male in the tank?
 
Yep there's a male in the tank. It seems to change size on a daily basis, smaller to larger (max at about 2mm). Hope it is an ovipositor :) - I dosed with flubenol 15 a while back so hopefully there shouldn't be any worms around the tank.
 
young pair?
or have the pair bonded yet?

I suspect she may be getting ready..maybe a false run.

have th two started cleaning any spots in the tank?
 
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