Blue German Ram - help?

[Jeril]

Greetings everyone. I was messing around with the family's digital camera today and taking pics of my Blue German Ram when I noticed something weird with the one I think is female (it's pretty plump compared to the other so I figure it's a 'she'). Anyway, there's a pic attached with the thing circled, so yeah. If people could help me, that'd be great. ^_^ Thanks!

*Jeril

 

[TurbineSurgeon]

Hard to tell for sure from the picture, but it looks like a sex organ. When a female lays eggs, the organ becomes distended and noticeable. MickW took a couple of pictures of his breeding angels (also cichlids) in this thread. Chances are, there is a brood of eggs somewhere.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Looks like she is sexually mature and is ready to lay some eggs

 

[Jeril]

Thanks for directing me to those pics, TurbineSurgeon. That was really helpful. ^_^

Heh, but it seems I've had a bit of gender confusion here... I was surfing around Google for some stuff on sexing Rams and apparently,

The first several spines of the dorsal fin or "crest" of the males are longer than those of the females. Males also tend to be a little larger than females. Females on the other hand tend to be fuller in the abdomen and exhibit a bright red coloration in this area when in breeding condition.
*quoted from http://www.thekrib.com/Apisto/P-ramirezi-faq.html

Anyway, the one I had figured to be the girl is apparently the guy and the other is a female. I was just going by size and I even had that mixed up... o_o Big mistake. Heh, my bad. ^.^;; So, the fish above is actually male. The female though doesn't have the organ showing but she is reddish along her sides. Maybe I'll have eggs by tomorrow morning. ^^ If so, I'll have to take some pictures with the camera.

Thanks for helping me out, people. ^_^