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    What's up with his mouth?

    Update: I have continued monitoring. Occasionally the spots will go away on one or both sides for up to a day. Then they come back. I think this is my substrate which is Petco black sand (not super fine), getting stuck when filter feeding. It doesn't seem to be a big deal as it works out...
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    What's up with his mouth?

    It doesn't seem to bother him so I haven't done anything. Plus I don't know what I would do anyways. But I thought I would check and see if anyone had ideas.
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    What's up with his mouth?

    I am fairly new to apistos. I have had them for less than a year. I noticed today that my male seems to have black spots at the edges of his mouth. At first I thought it was just coloration that I had failed to notice, but on looking closer it looks like sand. I also looked back at old pictures...
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    Not sure what they are doing

    Update: I rearranged the tank and reintroduced the female and small male in the dark. They are in the ten gallon because I have to move the 20 but then I will move them there. They get on much better now although the female still chases the male off a bit. Recently when cleaning the tank I even...
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    Not sure what they are doing

    Thank you so much! That makes a lot of sense.
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    Not sure what they are doing

    TLDR: I would like to know the sex of these three for sure and what this tail flick/ biting behavior is. Is it territorial fighting or mating behavior? Background I should say from the start that this is my first go at apistos but I have housed other cichlids, as well as all the 'starter' fish...
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