Frontosa with an issue

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Hello, I have 7 frontosa in a 200 gallon tank. I have noticed in the past few days that I have a front that looks like its holding something in its mouth, and it has trouble keeping down. I watched him spit once and air bubbles and something(looked like poop) came out and it was swimming fine. Now its back to doing it. Everyone else in the tank is acting fine. Is this float or something more serious? Thanks.

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They are only about a year old, fronts mature at about 2 years, but off it wasn't for the abnormal swimming I might think otherwise

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Sorry, they mature at about 4 years and sorry for my poor typing x.x

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hello Jannika.
The only thing that could be swallowed in the tank would be the black blasting sand that I'm currently using as substrate. The fish does not look bloated, just looks like it's holding something in it's mouth and having trouble swimming. I will try to see if I can post the video a different way.

[video=youtube;IsEJ2GsMuzg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsEJ2GsMuzg[/video]

I uploaded it up to my youtube account, should work now.

I think that I might have figured out what is going on. I have been researching it all day.
Apparently it isn't unheard of for female fronts to go to the surface and 'gulp' some air and hold it in their mouths. While there is no official explanation for it, some speculate that its cause by stress or that they are practicing to hold eggs. As long as she(I'm speculating here now, I haven't vented the group yet) doesn't swallow the air, she won't get float and she should stop on her own, if not I will buy a grate in the tank to keep her from the surface.

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