I’m Stumped

[goosemans]

I’ll try to explain this as easily as I can

Maybe about a month ago I noticed one of my Banggai hanging in one spot of the tank, upon closer observation I noticed a red lesion and his pectoral fins looked kinda chewed up (really hard to see with their clear fins but you can see it). At the time I thought he got sucked into a powerhead momentarily, and thought “well sucks for him hope he heals up soon” and moved on with my life.

Fast forward to present day, I was doom scrolling on my phone and came across uronema, read up on it, and thought dang, maybe that banggai has uronema.
Red lesions
Loss of color
Loss of appetite (still eats here and there)
Stays in one spot of the tank

Closer observation today

His pectoral fins and that red spot have healed from what I can tell. He still stays in one spot of the tank, refuses to go anywhere else, color is still ehh (compared to my other banggai) and still not being the best eater.

I also want to mention I do have a six line, I have never seen him bother, nip, or harass this banggai.

Banggai (pictured) also lives with another banggai

As the title says, I’m stumped on what to do, or what I’m dealing with.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I’ll try to explain this as easily as I can

Maybe about a month ago I noticed one of my Banggai hanging in one spot of the tank, upon closer observation I noticed a red lesion and his pectoral fins looked kinda chewed up (really hard to see with their clear fins but you can see it). At the time I thought he got sucked into a powerhead momentarily, and thought “well sucks for him hope he heals up soon” and moved on with my life.

Fast forward to present day, I was doom scrolling on my phone and came across uronema, read up on it, and thought dang, maybe that banggai has uronema.
Red lesions
Loss of color
Loss of appetite (still eats here and there)
Stays in one spot of the tank

Closer observation today

His pectoral fins and that red spot have healed from what I can tell. He still stays in one spot of the tank, refuses to go anywhere else, color is still ehh (compared to my other banggai) and still not being the best eater.

I also want to mention I do have a six line, I have never seen him bother, nip, or harass this banggai.

Banggai (pictured) also lives with another banggai

As the title says, I’m stumped on what to do, or what I’m dealing with.

I think you can rule out Uronema - I've never seen that in this species, and Uronema almost always is a disease seen in freshly imported fish.

How long have you had this fish? It looks big and pretty old. Banggais don't live as long as many other fish do. I tracked some longevity of this species in public aquariums:

110 Banggai cardinalfish were acquired from 1996 to 2023.
The longevity ranged from 2 days to 8.9 years
1.8 year on average.
25% died less than 1 month after acquisition
50% died less than a year after acquisition.

In older fish, Mycobacterium infections are a common cause of death, the symptoms of this chronic disease (not treatable though) is consistent with what your fish is showing.

Jay

 

[goosemans]

I think you can rule out Uronema - I've never seen that in this species, and Uronema almost always is a disease seen in freshly imported fish.

How long have you had this fish? It looks big and pretty old. Banggais don't live as long as many other fish do. I tracked some longevity of this species in public aquariums:

110 Banggai cardinalfish were acquired from 1996 to 2023.
The longevity ranged from 2 days to 8.9 years
1.8 year on average.
25% died less than 1 month after acquisition
50% died less than a year after acquisition.

In older fish, Mycobacterium infections are a common cause of death, the symptoms of this chronic disease (not treatable though) is consistent with what your fish is showing.

Jay

Thanks for the response, Banggais are grown adults. I’ve had them in my care for a little over a year and a half. I don’t know how old they were when I got them, but they have never gotten bigger. I didn’t realize their life spans are pretty short compared to other species. Thanks for the information