None of those are Africans.
Actually garlic has been shown to kill internal parasites. I have successfully used NLS's Thera+A as the sole treatment in multiple fish. Even Jack Wattley suggests its use for this exact purpose in his column in TFH magazine.
Those super pristine conditions mean they never need to develop much of an immune system, like kids kept inside with everything they touch disinfected before they touch it.
Again, if you want the 'high quality' discus that someone, somewhere decided that is what discus should look like, go to a breeder. Otherwise look for healthy ones in an LFS. Then if you do get into them more go ahead and get high end ones.
Actually garlic has been shown to kill internal parasites. I have successfully used NLS's Thera+A as the sole treatment in multiple fish. Even Jack Wattley suggests its use for this exact purpose in his column in TFH magazine.
Those super pristine conditions mean they never need to develop much of an immune system, like kids kept inside with everything they touch disinfected before they touch it.
Again, if you want the 'high quality' discus that someone, somewhere decided that is what discus should look like, go to a breeder. Otherwise look for healthy ones in an LFS. Then if you do get into them more go ahead and get high end ones.