Can anyone identify this?

[krichardson]

Have you tested your water?

Yes

If I did not test my water...

1. ...I recognize that I will likely be asked to do a test, and that water tests are critical for solving freshwater health problems.

Do you do water changes?

Yes

If I do not change my water...

1. ...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.

The blotch on the cichla's cheek,it is not my fish,asking for someone else.

 

[kno4te]

Looks like hith just a large area or a bad injury. I’d lean toward hith.

 

[The Masked Shadow]

Say itsn’t HITH injury. What else is in the tank? Could it perhaps be blunt trauma on driftwood? What could it have bumped into.

 

[krichardson]

Looks like hith just a large area or a bad injury. I’d lean toward hith.

Hmm,I was hoping it was not hith....diagnosing fish ailments is not my forte.

 

[kno4te]

Say itsn’t HITH injury. What else is in the tank? Could it perhaps be blunt trauma on driftwood? What could it have bumped into.

Not an injury. But an injury can cause hith.

 

[krichardson]

Say itsn’t HITH injury. What else is in the tank? Could it perhaps be blunt trauma on driftwood? What could it have bumped into.

The only other fish is a smaller cichla.

Not an injury. But an injury can cause hith.

I wasn't aware of that.I thought it was only brought about by poor water conditions.

 

[kno4te]

The only other fish is a smaller cichla.

I wasn't aware of that.I thought it was only brought about by poor water conditions.

Any type of stress can induce it. Usually bad water is most common.

 

[dr exum]

Hmm,I was hoping it was not hith....diagnosing fish ailments is not my forte.

my lil xingu had / has the same - only got better when i moved to different tank - tank it came from had low nitrates 120g sump -

kind of a mystery on my end - vs HITH

 

[dr exum]

Any type of stress can induce it. Usually bad water is most common.

i didn’t know that part about the stress -that makes more sense in my situation- they were the smallest -

 

[krichardson]

my lil xingu had / has the same - only got better when i moved to different tank - tank it came from had low nitrates 120g sump -

kind of a mystery on my end - vs HITH

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Now that's interesting...could it be that xingu are particularly susceptible to whatever it is?