Pregnant Convict?

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I initialy got three female convicts in order to prevent breeding, although they were very small when i got them and hard to sex, so i decided to wait until they got a little bigger to sex them. One of the convicts has always had orange markings on her side, leading me to believe it was female. Recently though these orange markings have gotten realy bright, and shes got yellow/light greenish markings on her top and bottom fins. Aswell as this she looks rather 'fat' around her belly region.

Is this signs that shes pregnant? or is this normal markins for a female convict (i knew about the orange markings, but never heard anything about the yellow ones on the fins)?
 
if this fish is female its prob eggs inside her :good:
cichlids lay eggs then the males come along and fertilise the eggs...two females of same breeding can go through the same rituals as a male and female right down to the laying of eggs but obviuosly nothing will come of this unless there is a male in the tank :unsure:
 
well i think one of my convicts might be a male, although im not too sure.

If i find eggs/baby cons in the tank should i just remove and dispose of them?
 
what do you have in the tank fish wise and tank size?
youd know if you had a pair lots of quivering liplocking and the cleaning of rocks and digging of pits....
i had a male n female convict had the female brought the male and next day boom eggs and protecting of eggs<so aggresive>so they had to go.....if you get tiny fish let em grow up then sell em to the lfs<or give away>
this was the female
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cant find the males pic....comps got 2000 pics :sick:
 
there is a rather large 'hole' thats appeared...although i rekon thats from my snowball plec as she buries herself (atleast i think so, either that or she wanders off to the local for a few pints as i can never find her, but she always turns up :p)

That pic is identical to one of my convicts, although none of the others look like that.

thanks for the help guys :)
 

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