need help please

[unknown_callet]

I have had a goldie for over 3 years and woke up to a serious wound this morning. I'm thinking he maybe got caught by my bubble tip anemone, which is a new addition but it hasn't even opened up fully yet, it has left me perplexed. Just tested the water 2 weeks ago and everything was within parameters. The Goldie recently (1 week ago) came out of quarantine due to an ich outbreak and was fine up until this morning. So....I am lost please help!

 

[Sharkbait19]

Appears to be a bacterial infection - likely as a result of the ich. You will want to move to qt and treat with an antibiotic.
Considering it is an anthias, uronema is a possibility but the mark doesn’t look right for that.

 

[unknown_callet]

Ok, Thank you. This is my first bacterial infection, in my research I came across the ciliate- uronema as well but was unsure because of the markings weren't as depicted. Would you recommend a Erythromycin treatment or is there something more targeted?

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[unknown_callet]

Appears to be a bacterial infection - likely as a result of the ich. You will want to move to qt and treat with an antibiotic.
Considering it is an anthias, uronema is a possibility but the mark doesn’t look right for that.

Ok, Thank you. This is my first bacterial infection, in my research I came across the ciliate- uronema as well but was unsure because of the markings weren't as depicted. Would you recommend a Erythromycin treatment or is there something more targeted?

 

[Sharkbait19]

I don’t know what antibiotics target what very well, so I’ll divert that to the rest of the #fishmedic team.
Welcome to the forum btw!

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I have had a goldie for over 3 years and woke up to a serious wound this morning. I'm thinking he maybe got caught by my bubble tip anemone, which is a new addition but it hasn't even opened up fully yet, it has left me perplexed. Just tested the water 2 weeks ago and everything was within parameters. The Goldie recently (1 week ago) came out of quarantine due to an ich outbreak and was fine up until this morning. So....I am lost please help!

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

While that species is prone to Uronema, the lesion just doesn’t look like that typically does.

Is there any way it could have gotten injured?

For treatment, the general advice would be to dose it with a broad spectrum, gram negative antibiotic in a treatment tank. Neoplex is one choice. Given the size of the lesion you light also consider lowering the salinity / specific gravity of the treatment tank to 1.020 - just to help with osmotic balancing.
Jay

 

[unknown_callet]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

While that species is prone to Uronema, the lesion just doesn’t look like that typically does.

Is there any way it could have gotten injured?

For treatment, the general advice would be to dose it with a broad spectrum, gram negative antibiotic in a treatment tank. Neoplex is one choice. Given the size of the lesion you light also consider lowering the salinity / specific gravity of the treatment tank to 1.020 - just to help with osmotic balancing.
Jay

Thank you, I'm glad to be part of the community, I've always came here to help with my tank. It was time to join lol.

There's 3 ways I suspects injury,
-Bacterial- from post ich
-Scratching itself on live rock- ich but there is none visible since I put him back in
-A new BTA, a rather large Rosie, but it hasn't fully opened. Its tucked between rocks but again it was over night.

I'm setting up the quarantine tank again after a good wash from the ich treatment.
Thank you

 

[resortez]

Ooh! That looks like some type of burn, especially for the flesh looking that raw, that large & that sudden, I’m going to say an injury. I personally have never seen a parasitic or fungal infection develop that quickly & that large overnight in less than 12 hours, those take a couple of days to start showing their ugly head, starting small & developing into a larger infection in the course of several days. Usually the loss of appetite is a good indicator for that type of infection but that looks more like an injury in my personal experience, I could be wrong. I would definitely QT & like everyone else suggested, lower salinity, decent flow, I have noticed they like swimming against current to sooth the injury, slightly higher temp & like Jay mentioned, a broad spectrum antibiotic to prevent further infection from the injury. The overnight appearance, going from 0 - 100 is what leads me to believe it’s some type of chemical burn, from what? That’s anybodies guess. Good look & speedy recovery to the Goldie. Again, I could be wrong but in my experience is what my eye is able to deduce.