Is this uronema?

Fishboy9227

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Received this guy on an overnight shipment. He was delivered quite late and was extremely cold. He lasted about 36 hours before dying.

I just want to make sure the redness I’m seeing is not uronema. I’m guessing it’s either ammonia burn from prolonged shipment or signs of stress from the long shipment and cold.

Thoughts?

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Hi,

There is no way to tell without putting a skin scrape under a microscope, but my guess would be that the fish died from issues arising from the shipment. Uronema typically develops a few days to a week after arrival. Unless the shipper sent you a fish already afflicted with Uronema, I would look at the shipping time/acclimation as being the issue.

Sorry for your loss!

Jay
 

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