Uronema? What do I do?

[citymouse]

Last week my bicolor Angel died after only a few weeks in QT, never showed any symptoms of anything, just found it laying down one day and later it was dead. I have another post, others said it looked like Uronema.
Still in QT is my red scooter blenny and some snails, the blenny is fine.

Is it safe to move the Blenny and snails into my DT? I don't know much about uronema or even that's 100% what was wrong. I've read some mixed info, I don't know what to do. Before the fish died I started treating with Prazipro as a precaution, since I have snails in there and prazi is the safest thing I have.

I know their is a small chance of snails bringing things into a DT, can I freshwater dip a snail? What do you do?
I also know that Blenny's aren't a high risk either.

How bad is this and what are my options here?
Also, afterwards, what do I do in the QT before adding new fish?

Thanks!

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

Uronema can be terrible but is also thought to exist in a lot of systems but doesn’t pose a problem for healthy fish. That being said I would treat for it before introducing fish, etc into my DT. I would treat any fish you have in QT with 14 days of metro at 2 scoops per 10G and feed metro also as Uronema can present internally. The snails I think I would do a series of bucket transfers but I’m not sure if Uronema can attach to them like ich does. Hopefully @4FordFamily or @HotRocks will chime in on this.

 

[4FordFamily]

Uronema can be terrible but is also thought to exist in a lot of systems but doesn’t pose a problem for healthy fish. That being said I would treat for it before introducing fish, etc into my DT. I would treat any fish you have in QT with 14 days of metro at 2 scoops per 10G and feed metro also as Uronema can present internally. The snails I think I would do a series of bucket transfers but I’m not sure if Uronema can attach to them like ich does. Hopefully @4FordFamily or @HotRocks will chime in on this.

To be honest I am not certain. I do not believe so. Let me tag the great one! @Humblefish

 

[4FordFamily]

Metroplex treats uronema, but you'll need it in the water column for 10-14 days and also to add it to food (with seachem focus to ensure it's ingested/bound to the food) for the same timeframe, as Uronema is also an internal parasite.

 

[Humblefish]

Uronema is a funny parasite. Some fish (e.g. chromis, anthias, butterflies, angels) can be greatly affected by it, whereas I don't think I've ever seen uronema on a goby, blenny or tang. One way to know whether or not you have uronema in your DT is to black molly test it: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/black-molly-quarantine.640235/

Both brook & uronema can be "washed off" corals/inverts by pouring a little DT water over it before placing in the tank. A coral dip probably kills both pathogens as well. Neither has an encysted stage which adheres to hard surfaces, so it would just be loosely attached.

 

[citymouse]

I also ask the LFS owner, who I trust because he's very knowledgeable when it comes to all types of fish etc. He said that Uronema doesn't usually come on so suddenly, he said "generally those red blotches develop into large ulcerations and take weeks to kill the host." He said it probably was bacterial infection though and the Blenny is most likely safe.

My only other concern is the blenny getting enough food in the DT with all the other piggish fish in there. He eats frozen, but the 2 tangs, 2 clowns and the Goby go nuts and eat all the food in the DT, plus the hermit crabs all show up for anything that hits the sand.