Fish With Uronema

[Bronco765]

Received this fish on 11/5. Obviously Uronema. Is it too late to be treated?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Received this fish on 11/5. Obviously Uronema. Is it too late to be treated?

While im not ruling out uronema, it looks more like a gash injury and should heal , but I recommend treating with Seachem Kanaplex or Ruby rally Pro which will take longer but would also help with uronema should it be that

 

[Bronco765]

Received this fish on 11/5. Obviously Uronema. Is it too late to be treated?

While im not ruling out uronema, it looks more like a gash injury and should heal , but I recommend treating with Seachem Kanaplex or Ruby rally Pro which will take longer but would also help with uronema should it be that

Thanks for the quick reply!

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Received this fish on 11/5. Obviously Uronema. Is it too late to be treated?

That does look like internal Uronema to me. Difficult (=impossible) to treat, despite what you might read online. Luckily, it isn't really contagious. Fish acquire this issue during shipping and transport, and it only affects certain species. Fish acquired from the same source at the same time can develop symptoms (like in a group of anthias, where a percentage of them will develop it) but older fish, or fish from other sources acquired at the same time typically won't have issues.

Here is an article I wrote about this:

https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/uronema-red-band-disease-hemdal.788/