Chromis with uronema?

[Arob21]

Today I picked up 6 green chromis for my dt. I didn't have a qt tank setup so I acclimated them and put them in. About 2 hrs later I was looking and noticed a brownish spot on the side of 1 and quickly did some research and came to the conclusion it's probably uronema. I took the fish with the spot out and showed him the toilet bowl. Took the other 5 out and setup a quick qt tank and put them in it. None of them show any signs of disease but sounds like if u see signs it's probably to late anyways. So I did I quick peroxide bath for 30mins with them before I put them in the qt.
So I guess my question is do you agree that it's uronema?
And also did i just screw everything in my dt for having these fish in there for 2-3hrs?

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Did you flush the live fish down the toilet bowl?!

 

[threebuoys]

Could have been early stage uronema, or just an injury.
Uronema bacteria is present in most aquariums. Chromis just happens to be obe of the species most susceptible to the disease. Really not much you can do other than maintain highest water quality possible.

 

[Arob21]

Did you flush the live fish down the toilet bowl?!

I gave him a quick death first

 

[vetteguy53081]

Today I picked up 6 green chromis for my dt. I didn't have a qt tank setup so I acclimated them and put them in. About 2 hrs later I was looking and noticed a brownish spot on the side of 1 and quickly did some research and came to the conclusion it's probably uronema. I took the fish with the spot out and showed him the toilet bowl. Took the other 5 out and setup a quick qt tank and put them in it. None of them show any signs of disease but sounds like if u see signs it's probably to late anyways. So I did I quick peroxide bath for 30mins with them before I put them in the qt.
So I guess my question is do you agree that it's uronema?
And also did i just screw everything in my dt for having these fish in there for 2-3hrs?

Hate to say but this looks more like an injury opposed to Uronema. Uronema is oval and ciliated and while this could have become infected, it is also preventable maintaining good water quality, not allowing salinity to drop to low level and removing excess waste

 

[Arob21]

Hate to say but this looks more like an injury opposed to Uronema. Uronema is oval and ciliated and while this could have become infected, it is also preventable maintaining good water quality, not allowing salinity to drop to low level and removing excess waste

I hope that's what it was. I'm not in the business of putting down fish but I also would rather lose 1 fish tham 10. I'll just keep the others in qt for a while and keep an eye on them to be safe.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I hope that's what it was. I'm not in the business of putting down fish but I also would rather lose 1 fish tham 10. I'll just keep the others in qt for a while and keep an eye on them to be safe.

I totally get it and you can as a safeguard can safely add Ruby Rally pro which is reef safe and a good preventative. When acquiring chromis, clowns, damsels and butterflies, its a good measure to give them a 60 minute ruby Rally pro bath with air stone to condition them from this disease prior to entering display tank

 

[Arob21]

I totally get it and you can as a safeguard can safely add Ruby Rally pro which is reef safe and a good preventative. When acquiring chromis, clowns, damsels and butterflies, its a good measure to give them a 60 minute ruby Rally pro bath with air stone to condition them from this disease prior to entering display tank

Ok ill look into that and order some. Thank you

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Ok ill look into that and order some. Thank you

That could have been an injury but it could also have been Uronema, no way to tell visually.

Green chromis often arrive with internal Uronema. These live between the cells of the fish. NO medication added to the water will cure this! Once the lesion breaks the surface of the fish's skin (where the drug in the water can reach it) the disease has already done its damage. One possible cure is to feed the fish medicated food with 2% metronidazole in it, but BEFORE they show any symptoms.

Luckily, Uronema only infects newly acquired fish of certain species and is not contagious. It is a normal part of most aquarium's microbiomes. If you want to take a deeper dive into the topic, here is an article I wrote about it:
https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/uronema-red-band-disease-hemdal.788/