What disease is this?

[ReefPhilTX]

So I have a pink tail trigger who I've had in quarantine. He had some ich so I treated with cupramine. He is currently in day 10. Cupramine level is therapeutic. I use Seachems cupramine as well as their testing kit. Trigger has lost all the spots but now has this odd lesion one side. The other side looks great. The fish is eating very well and is a pig. Water parameters seem fine though I know ammonia can be hard to test with cupramine. Anyone have an idea of what this is?

 

[ReefPhilTX]

Anyone?

 

[Dmorty217]

Can't really tell from the picture. Can you describe it in more detail? I assume it was caused by the cupramine/stress

 

[JustinM]

It looks like a secondary infection caused by the trophonts bites, very common with ich and velvet. You can add kanaplex to the cupramine amd he should improve.

 

[JustinM]

For ammonia when using cupramine, you should have a Seachem ammonia alert badge.

 

[ReefPhilTX]

Thanks for the input everyone I actually added Bifuran and the secondary infection appears to be clearing well. JustinM, I did get an ammonia alert badge after I had posted, thankfully the ammonia is 0. The trigger is doing very well and eating everything and aggressively.

 

[Jdub968]

Yes definitely +1 with Justinm on this cu is an immune suppressant so bacterial infections have an easier time infecting the fish

 

[JustinM]

Bifuran works very well too. Good to hear