Ciclid with bruise?

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It could be a scrape (scales scraped off) or columnaris (is it fuzzy at all?).
 
If you use salt at 1 tablespoon per 10 gallons, treat with the recommended dosages of methylene blue, and increase the temperature to 83 degrees F. It should go away in a week or two. If not you should use methylene blue and malachite green, twice the recomended dosage of Formalin MS, and salt and it will go away in 3 days.
 
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