Black spot on cacatuoides

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jammedfool
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Watching the tank this evening, I noticed one side of the male apistos mouth seemed larger and darker than the other


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It's like 2 tiny black dots on his jowls... Any idea? Something I need to treat or just keep an eye on?
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Keep your eye on it, just in case it is an infection, but I don't think it looks like it is.
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I think thats fairly normal. Pretty sure Jayne (one of the males I had) used to manage to get food/gravel/sand stuck in the fold of the jowl making it look dark in colour. My OH noticed it and we watched then I’m pretty sure he had a stretch and it fell out.
Just keep an eye on it in case :)
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Gingerlove05 wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 13:44 pm I think thats fairly normal. Pretty sure Jayne (one of the males I had) used to manage to get food/gravel/sand stuck in the fold of the jowl making it look dark in colour. My OH noticed it and we watched then I’m pretty sure he had a stretch and it fell out.
Just keep an eye on it in case :)
Yep gone today. I've gone for limpopo sand so he's been shovelling it lots more than the slightly coarser stuff I had. Must have got stuck in his cheek folds/ jowls whatever they're called!
40L nano
4x xiphophorus pygmaeus
Cherry shrimp
2x assassin snail

80L 'stairway'
4x Cherry Barb
10x X-ray tetra
4x Amano
1x Dwarf Neon Rainbow

20L Qtank
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