White on triggerfish fin, please help id

[Zane24]

I have a male/female pair of bluethroat triggerfish in my QT. The male showed signs of Ich when first acclimated (1 salt grain on top fin). After they were acclimated and started eating i started treating the tank with Cupramine. The visible Ich mark disappeared, but shortly after starting treatment the male and female started getting white spots/marks on their fins. After reading and looking at a few pictures i thought it might be velvet. After about a week the spots went away. Yesterday i noticed the female has more of the white spots on her bottom fin. This morning i noticed a white spot on her eye. Is it normal for to show new symptoms of ich or velvet after 1 week of .5MG Cupramine? Could you please help me identify what the mark looks like, and is copper a good treatment for it. Other than the marks both fish are great. They eat great, they eat every type of food (frozen, pellet, flake, nori), and they get along great. The actually sleep next to each other in the same pvc fitting. Any ideas would really be appreciated.

 

[Zane24]

The first pic on the left shows the white spot on her eye, the others show the white on her bottom fin.

 

[alprazo]

Eye could be fluke or injury. A fluke will move location. The fin appears to an injury

 

[Zane24]

Thanks for the response. I wish I could've got some better pics taken. She previously had this white all over her fins and so did the male. Do you kmow what kind of injury would cause both the male and female to have white spots all over their fins? The white was really thick too. That's why I Really think it has to be some sort of parasite.

 

[alprazo]

Brook would be my first thought

 

[Zane24]

That was one of my thoughts too. After reading the stickies it does describe why it showed up during copper treatment.

 

[Zane24]

The only thing leading me to wonder if it's not brook is their appetite. They eat like pigs. They really don't show any other symptoms

 

[Zane24]

I'm thinking it's just a wait and see thing now.

 

[mattcoug]

When my crosshatch triggers got brook, they still ate like pigs - so I wouldn't be using that as a counterargument for brook in this case. I recommend you get formalin ready asap - once it gets bad it goes quick.

 

[Zane24]

Thanks Mattcoug. I already ordered some. It will be here Wednesday. I'm just hoping that's not too late..