Does My Wrasse In QT Have Uronema?

[ReefWithCare]

Video is going to upload soon. But here is the story.

I got this fish at my LFS (first time yay me!). When I brought it home I noticed ich spots on the tail and flashing the next day. He was placed in 1.00 PPM copper at the start and was pre-dipped in Rally for 90 minutes.

While I was ramping copper to 1.75PPM I ran a diatom filter for a little over 48 hrs. Copper is at 1.95 PPM right now using a Hanna Check + Copper Power.

The wrasse has been eating this whole time and has been eating general cure dosed food. I have not put General Cure in the water. I have stool I can pull and put under a microscope. Anyone have a quick vid or picture of how it looks under a scope so I can verify?

 

[ReefWithCare]

Here is the video

Please Note - don't watch the video with sound on. My mother in law was pretty loud in this video :-/.

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[Mjrenz]

Video is going to upload soon. But here is the story.

I got this fish at my LFS (first time yay me!). When I brought it home I noticed ich spots on the tail and flashing the next day. He was placed in 1.00 PPM copper at the start and was pre-dipped in Rally for 90 minutes.

While I was ramping copper to 1.75PPM I ran a diatom filter for a little over 48 hrs. Copper is at 1.95 PPM right now using a Hanna Check + Copper Power.

The wrasse has been eating this whole time and has been eating general cure dosed food. I have not put General Cure in the water. I have stool I can pull and put under a microscope. Anyone have a quick vid or picture of how it looks under a scope so I can verify?

I believe we need the advice of the #reefsquad

 

[ReefWithCare]

Here is the other video I got with my wife's better phone:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mzYqrsM5iYef_-cwtDBKS7GLrTut0nQc

 

[Big G]

That red sore area on the dorsal fin is probably an injury that may have turned into a bacterial infection. Darn wrasses are always darting around hitting things in the tank. Consider dosing with the trifecta: metro + furan2 + kanaplex. If it is uronema, the metro should take care of it.

 

[ReefWithCare]

That red sore area on the dorsal fin is probably an injury that may have turned into a bacterial infection. Darn wrasses are always darting around hitting things in the tank. Consider dosing with the trifecta: metro + furan2 + kanaplex. If it is uronema, the metro should take care of it.

I only have sulfaplex + neoplex on me. Can I use that instead? My LFS does not carry Furan-2. I have kanaplex and metro.

Can I just use General instead of Metro directly in the water since it has Prazi or will straight metro be better given the ailment?

 

[drstardust]

I would also lean toward a bacterial infection. Big G's plan is solid.

 

[Big G]

I only have sulfaplex + neoplex on me. Can I use that instead? My LFS does not carry Furan-2. I have kanaplex and metro.

Can I just use General instead of Metro directly in the water since it has Prazi or will straight metro be better given the ailment?

Sulfaplex and neoplex are wide spectrum antibiotics that combined work pretty good together.

 

[ReefWithCare]

Sulfaplex and neoplex are wide spectrum antibiotics that combined work pretty good together.

Sounds good - I’ll go with sulfaplex, neoplex, and metro dosed in the water. I’ll add in an air Stone as well. I’ll continue to feed GC dosed food.

 

[ReefWithCare]

That red sore area on the dorsal fin is probably an injury that may have turned into a bacterial infection. Darn wrasses are always darting around hitting things in the tank. Consider dosing with the trifecta: metro + furan2 + kanaplex. If it is uronema, the metro should take care of it.

If this is uronema, can these fish even go into the DT eventually?

 

[ReefWithCare]

Update a looks like the wrasse is dying. He was fine this morning and swimming around. I was dosing the medication and he ate a mouth full of sulfaplex. I think I killed him because he wasn’t the same afterwards [emoji24][emoji24][emoji24]

 

[ReefWithCare]

He passed [emoji24]

He was fine this morning and active and now dead. The redness was going away too. Here are some pics [emoji29]. I can’t seem to get a yellow coris wrasse out of QT [emoji58]

 

[Mjrenz]

I'm sorry to hear about your wrasse. I doubt you killed him but something definitely did. Maybe we can get some opinions from @Big G @HotRocks @4FordFamily or @ngoodermuth on what happened

 

[4FordFamily]

I'm sorry to hear about your wrasse. I doubt you killed him but something definitely did. Maybe we can get some opinions from @Big G @HotRocks @4FordFamily or @ngoodermuth on what happened

That looks like uronema to me, but it could also be an infection. Uronema is often internal, sometimes worse than we see externally. Sorry for your loss, wrasse are tough, and halichoeres are touch and go :(

 

[ReefWithCare]

That looks like uronema to me, but it could also be an infection. Uronema is often internal, sometimes worse than we see externally. Sorry for your loss, wrasse are tough, and halichoeres are touch and go :(

Ya that’s what I’m worried about. If it’s Uronema you can’t put these fish in your display right? I’m dosing metro/sulfaplex/neoplex right now. They are eating GC dosed food.

When I got him within 24 hours he was flashing. He ate the entire time up until he passed. It sucks that I can’t get a yellow coris through QT [emoji24].

There is a royal gramma and diamond goby in the QT right now that we’re with him.

 

[4FordFamily]

Ya that’s what I’m worried about. If it’s Uronema you can’t put these fish in your display right? I’m dosing metro/sulfaplex/neoplex right now. They are eating GC dosed food.

When I got him within 24 hours he was flashing. He ate the entire time up until he passed. It sucks that I can’t get a yellow coris through QT [emoji24].

There is a royal gramma and diamond goby in the QT right now that we’re with him.

I advise against adding anything to the DT that hasn’t been through 14 days of metro and shows no sign of uronema...

Sorry I know that’s no fun

 

[ReefWithCare]

I advise against adding anything to the DT that hasn’t been through 14 days of metro and shows no sign of uronema...

Sorry I know that’s no fun

Oh no worries about that. I usually QT for at least 35-40 days depending on what comes up in QT. I’ll keep dosing metro/sulfaplex/neoplex for the next 21 days or so. None of the other fish are showing signs and eating.

 

[Big G]

Sorry for your loss :(

 

[ReefWithCare]

Sorry for your loss :(

I’ve just had bad luck with yellow wrasses. If these two fish make it out of QT I’m done until the fall (that includes corals). QT is a nightmare sometimes but at least it’s never affected my display [emoji28].

I might consider getting a yellow coris from HF if he can do a fish that cheap.

 

[Lasse]

IMO - A coris wrasse should have at least 5 - 6 cm sand to dive into in order not to be stressed. The last 10 seconds of this video shows how a yellow wrasse go to sleep - and that can´t be done in your setup



IMO - your video shows a super stressed fish - looking everythere for a way out from this. IMO - if you want to QT these fishes - you need to do it in a QT that looks like a DT tank with sand and rocks and without chemical pre treatment.

IMO yellow wrasses are hardy and very good aquarium fishes

Sincerely Lasse