Wrasse died

[DownwardDawg]

What is this on my wrasse? It showed up just a couple of days after I put him in the display tank and then a couple of days later he was dead.

 

[MHG]

looks like an injury

 

[DownwardDawg]

Yeah, it looked to me like something "got him" but I can't really tell. He was eating fine.

 

[b0bab0ey]

looks like an injury

+1 an injury which might have developed into an infection. IME smaller fish don't last as long once they have a secondary bacterial infection.

 

[MrTuskfish]

Possibly got stuck on a PH? I doubt you'll ever know for sure; it happens.

 

[BBraker]

That is about as classic a case of Uronema as you'll see. Newly acquired wrasses often develop this. The problem is that the protozoans develop intercellularly, so by the time they erupt on the fish's skin, the disease is quite far advanced.

That said, without putting a skin scrape under a microscope, you can't be 100% certain, AND bacterial infections sometimes develop in conjunction with Uronema.

The only real treatment that works in some cases is chloroquine. Luckily, unless you just bought a bunch of chomis, anthias and wrasses, it is unlikely to spread to your other fish.


Bill

 

[MrTuskfish]

That is about as classic a case of Uronema as you'll see. .


Bill

It sure is. I haven't seen Uronema in a while and forgot about it. A PH suction mark can be similar and cause death by internal bleeding; I just sa one on a LN butterfly at a LFS. Aging ain't fun.

 

[b0bab0ey]

It sure is. I haven't seen Uronema in a while and forgot about it. A PH suction mark can be similar and cause death by internal bleeding; I just sa one on a LN butterfly at a LFS. Aging ain't fun.

Wow, learn something new everyday. I didn't even know about Uronema. Then again, I've never been big on wrasses. Recently though I got a 6 line for my reef and I gotta admit that little bastard keeps the worms in-check.

So, being that Uronema is an external parasite I'm assuming symptoms would be rapid breathing, flashing/scratching and treatment would be copper?

 

[DownwardDawg]

That is about as classic a case of Uronema as you'll see. Newly acquired wrasses often develop this. The problem is that the protozoans develop intercellularly, so by the time they erupt on the fish's skin, the disease is quite far advanced.

That said, without putting a skin scrape under a microscope, you can't be 100% certain, AND bacterial infections sometimes develop in conjunction with Uronema.

The only real treatment that works in some cases is chloroquine. Luckily, unless you just bought a bunch of chomis, anthias and wrasses, it is unlikely to spread to your other fish.


Bill

Wow!!! Thanks!