Wounds on Wrasse... Uronema?

[polyppal]

Had a Timor Wrasse that cleared QT, went into the display and was doing fine for several days, then disappeared in the sand. Hadn't seen him for several days, so I dug him out and found he has two big wounds on his left side, it looks like something took a bite out of his flesh, but I have no fish in the system that would be capable (or showed any temperament towards him period).

My best guess at this point is Uronema, though I don't know how it would have survived QT and two baths before entering the DT

Any Ideas as to what I'm dealing with? ( @Jay Hemdal ) All the other fish in the system look fantastic... Doubt this guys gonna make it

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Could be Uronema, but those lesions are usually more linear. There are some bacterial diseases that grow in circles like that, such as Aeromonas infections. The treatment would be a broad spectrum, gram negative antibiotic such as Neoplex, but the reality is that when a fish develops large lesions like that, the antibiotics typically do not act fast enough. That's a shame, nice fish - I've never had one of those.

Jay

 

[Sam816]

Could be Uronema, but those lesions are usually more linear. There are some bacterial diseases that grow in circles like that, such as Aeromonas infections. The treatment would be a broad spectrum, gram negative antibiotic such as Neoplex, but the reality is that when a fish develops large lesions like that, the antibiotics typically do not act fast enough. That's a shame, nice fish - I've never had one of those.

Jay

could it be worms in the sand that bit the fish?

 

[polyppal]

Could be Uronema, but those lesions are usually more linear. There are some bacterial diseases that grow in circles like that, such as Aeromonas infections. The treatment would be a broad spectrum, gram negative antibiotic such as Neoplex, but the reality is that when a fish develops large lesions like that, the antibiotics typically do not act fast enough. That's a shame, nice fish - I've never had one of those.

Jay

Yeah, I caught him without much of a fight, so I figured he isn't going to have the strength to fight back from this. Will probably euthanize. Shame, he is a pretty little fish.

Thanks for your advice!

 

[polyppal]

could it be worms in the sand that bit the fish?

Naw, the tank isnt established long enough to have any nasty critters, esp that could do that to him

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

could it be worms in the sand that bit the fish?

I’ve never seen that, wrasse must have some mechanism to avoid sand dwelling predators since that’s where they sleep.
Jay

 

[polyppal]

I’ve never seen that, wrasse must have some mechanism to avoid sand dwelling predators since that’s where they sleep.
Jay

oh they do!