Wondering if these spots are normal or if i should be worried

[Avidon]

So I bought an Electric Yellow cichlid about a month ago and immediately noticed he had this little light yellow spot at the base of his anal fin. The spot's been there for about a month now and doesn't seem to be getting bigger or spreading.

I'm not too experienced when it comes to spotting and treating fish diseases so any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[aaronjohn20]

I'm following along cause I believe my M. Johannis have the same spot and was also curious about them. Can you post some pics?

 

[HUKIT]

Egg spots are normal coloration, a typical courtship and mating cycle of a mbuna starts with a lateral display of the male, to which the female responds; she then lays a clutch of eggs and immediately takes them up into her mouth. The male then presents the egg-spots on the anal fin, the female seemingly nuzzles at these egg-spots and the male releases sperm so that the eggs are fertilized.

These are more common in males but are not a valid way to sex fish since its not uncommon for females to have them as well.

 

[aaronjohn20]

Thank you HUKIT! I will post pics of mine when I get home to make sure that's what you are talking about.

 

[Avidon]

Egg spots are normal coloration, a typical courtship and mating cycle of a mbuna starts with a lateral display of the male, to which the female responds; she then lays a clutch of eggs and immediately takes them up into her mouth. The male then presents the egg-spots on the anal fin, the female seemingly nuzzles at these egg-spots and the male releases sperm so that the eggs are fertilized.

These are more common in males but are not a valid way to sex fish since its not uncommon for females to have them as well.

I'm away from home right now so I can't post any pics right now. I'll send some pics as soon as I can

 

[Crawdaddy]

Do they look like this?

 

[Avidon]

Yes! Except my fish has only one really large spot like that.

 

[Crawdaddy]

Completely normal. I know when I first started in this obsession, I freaked out when I saw them, thought I had a disease in my tank. I was running all over town trying to figure out what it was.

 

[Avidon]

Okay. So I finally have a photo