Weird bicolor blenny behavior + a white mark

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I have dosed Sera Med Tremazol 3 times so far (the last dose was 2 days ago). There are occasional scratchings, but overall, they look better, especially the bi-color blenny. I'll monitor and see if I should use the 4th dose.

But, @Jay Hemdal , I need to hear your thoughts about another thing: I noticed my clowns are acting differently in the past week or two. Nothing major, but just different. They are a bit more in the rocks; they still swim and eat normally but have changed their behavior a bit. This might be caused by some aggression from the watchman goby that I noticed recently (I'll try to add a Montipora plate coral to separate their territories a bit; I'm not sure if that'll help). But this morning, I saw a small white dot on one clown's head, and there's something weird about their eyes (they are not cloudy, and maybe I am just imagining something).

Things that I noticed:
- A white mark near the mouth, but one of the clowns have that since they I got them.
- Gills are probably a bit more opened, but that's also since the beginning.
- A small white dot above the mouth (if you see any other white dots in the images, these are from my dirty glass :))
- A shadow in front of the right eye. I wouldn't call it a hole, but it's a small uneven area/

Here's a bad video + a few photos. I can try to record a bit better ones, but it's hard when they hide. Do you notice anything I should watch for, or am I just too paranoid now? :) Thanks as always!

Video (short, I might need to try to get a better one):

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It could be from the watchman, but in my experience, they are mostly all "bluff". At the very end of the video, one clown dropped down on the other. That is a sign of aggression. Clown fight a lot, and then, even if they are pair bonded well, they still get a bit frisky when they begin to mate. The result of this is often white marks around the fish. And, if they are really tight to that site, they may be courting, plus the nearness of the goby isn't helping.
 
I just saw that the white dot disappeared, so it was probably a grain of sand or salt. It was on the fish for at least 30 minutes, so I thought it was something else. Sorry for the false alarm, and thanks for the explanation!
 

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