Are my fish ok ?

[Guyb93]

Two of my electric blue acara I have 4 all juveniles from 2-3 inch my larger male and lager female ( what I believe is a female ) have started to get white on there anus? Reproductive gland ?sorry not sure the term And the other two haven’t , plan on doing a water test as soon as I get back from work as just didn’t have the time this morning so can’t give the exacts yet but did last water change 3 days ago so I’m assuming it’s all well , iv attached a few photos , if any body can tell me if this is normal and just a stage of maturity or is something happening to them that I need to fix , thanks

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Not sure... @Wills may be able to help.

 

[Wills]

I'm not sure what this is - could be some sort of worm or parasite. Has anything new been added to the tank recently? Is everyone eating ok? Any sunken bellies?

Wills

 

[Guyb93]

The darker blue one has been acting very strange swimming against the glass for 20 mins a time

I'm not sure what this is - could be some sort of worm or parasite. Has anything new been added to the tank recently? Is everyone eating ok? Any sunken bellies?

Wills

iv added nothing just removed a green terror and a blue acara and no sunken bellies everything is a bit fat if anything and no other fish has this just these two , the darker blue one is acting strange he is glass pacing quite a lot unless I go to the tank then he stops comes to the surface and waits for food , I don’t know if I’m paying too much attention to them and worrying but he just don’t seem like his normal self

 

[HoldenOn]

Isn't that their vents coming in? Could they be reaching sexual maturity? Any ideas @essjay ?

 

[Essjay]

It could be. I have no experience of these fish but it does look similar to cichlids I have kept.

 

[Guyb93]

He is back to his self again now but there’s no change to his vent gland thing lol I’m hoping i just worry to much and notice the smallest of things and it’s not something sinister

 

[HoldenOn]

He is back to his self again now but there’s no change to his vent gland thing lol I’m hoping i just worry to much and notice the smallest of things and it’s not something sinister

Better safe than sorry