Uronema in Hospital Tank

[Sebastiancrab]

I have two fish in a hospital tank currently being treated with Rally Pro because the Royal Gramma has a gash in his side. The Vanderbilt Chromis has come down with uronema. I am going to euthanize him. How do I deal with the Gramma now being exposed to uronema? I have two Blue Green chromis in my DT. The Royal Gramma will still need to have the full QT treatment. They had only been in full copper for one day before I had to switch to Rally Pro.

#jayhemdal

 

[threebuoys]

Uronema is almost impossible to treat. But the good news is that uronema is not highly contagious. The bad news is that some species including chromis are highly susceptible to the infection. I would just monitor and be aware of the symptoms and risks.

 

[Sebastiancrab]

Jay, would you recommend I go ahead an euthanize this fish? I am concerned about having him in the same tank with a royal gramma which has a gash on his side. Rally Pro is in the tank now.

@Jay Hemdal

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Jay, would you recommend I go ahead an euthanize this fish? I am concerned about having him in the same tank with a royal gramma which has a gash on his side. Rally Pro is in the tank now.

@Jay Hemdal

That isn’t a typical location for a Uronema lesion, but it could be. Is the fish still eating? If so, I would hold off euthanizing it.
Why did you change from copier to rally pro? Neither works for Uronema, but copper is better for controlling other protozoans.

Jay

 

[Sebastiancrab]

That isn’t a typical location for a Uronema lesion, but it could be. Is the fish still eating? If so, I would hold off euthanizing it.
Why did you change from copier to rally pro? Neither works for Uronema, but copper is better for controlling other protozoans.

Jay

I am going to hold off euthanizing it. A friend just told me that he has had several fish like this and the diet needs to be varied more.

I just got the gramma and chromis last Thursday and started with copper, normal QT, this past weekend. The gramma developed the side gash yesterday so I switched to Rally. Now the chromis has this red area today.

 

[Sebastiancrab]

That isn’t a typical location for a Uronema lesion, but it could be. Is the fish still eating? If so, I would hold off euthanizing it.
Why did you change from copier to rally pro? Neither works for Uronema, but copper is better for controlling other protozoans.

Jay

It died during the night.

 

[Sebastiancrab]

It died during the night.

My LFS is now no longer going to order them. I think that is wise. Pulling them out of the ocean only to get killed in the supply chain is wrong.