Black dots on discus head

[senior el roboto]

Hey everyone. New to the forums.
I've got 4 discus and my red malbrough and red pigon blood have some black spots on their head and below th mouth. Never noticed them before. Is this normal. Here are some photos. Can't see all the spots due to the lighting but you can see some.

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/xxkrazykurtxx/13de7ae1a1347faa1f2ac17bbaf22042.jpg.

Oh and is this ick? Been so long since I've seen it.

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/xxkrazykurtxx/e6db860a93b495f3cb634f3a3533f5f3.jpg

[m.ingram]

The black dots are what is called peppering .All pigeon blood strains are prone to this .Go to the Quick search bar on the top left hand cornerof this page and enter peppering it will bring up alot of old post on peppering .

[senior el roboto]

The black dots are what is called peppering .All pigeon blood strains are prone to this .Go to the Quick search bar on the top left hand cornerof this page and enter peppering it will bring up alot of old post on peppering .

Thank you

What do you think about the blue diamond on the 2nd pic. Ich or no ich?

[Nev]

Ich