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I’ve had the same on two of my discus recently. Various antibiotics no help. One got better after 3-4 weeks. The other better,
traces of two sores remain. I think they may have been injured, and keeping them
in a hospital tank was the “cure”.
I think MacZ is getting at the right thing. Instead of consulting the usual commercial sites, which give you simplistic advice (likethe 16yo at the chain store), trust experienced fishkeepers (like here), and your own observation. Your borellis never got the memo about living in a 10 gallon...
These look like the “Cichlasoma Festivam” I had from a LFS back in the early (19)70’s. Yours are beautifully colored as mine were. Most of the Mesonauts I’ve seen on line these days are much more drab. I’ve wanted more to tank with Discus, since I am much more proficient at fish keeping 50 years...
I love Pearls as well. In the early (and primitive) 70’s I bred them in soft mountain water, and didn’t even know about weekly water changes yet. Had a giant Amazon sword, which loved the undergravel filter and poor incandescent light. I got so many fry I had to raise them in a 30 gallon plastic...
I’ve been lucky, apparently, with 6 Beckford’s pencils in a large community tank. They school together, and little to no aggression. Glad for the warnings on other species.
I got a half grown natural pair of Viejitas from Aquatic Arts. Healthy, until I exposed them to fish from mass suppliers, and lost the male, apparently to gill flukes. The whole tank now treated, and the female recovering well. The female was the more aggressive, keeping the discus away. Ran off...
I use a peat bag in a small auxiliary canister which powers my surface skimmer, and change it every 2-3 months. And cut my hard water 1:1 with R/O. When the water gets a little tinted I’m good. Although I have a degree in chemistry, this is really a gardener’s approach. Have added alder cones...
I cut my hard desert water in half with r/o, which drops the hardness in half. I use peat in my canister filters, and a little goes a long way. I will watch the depletion of peat from the planet. Meanwhile, I’ve got enough for a couple of years. I have community tanks, with no specific efforts...