Possible uronema… what next?

[Cheese Griller]

Unfortunately my flameback angelfish has succumbed to what appears to uronema. I’ve attached pictures for assurance that uronema is what killed it and not something else. The fish was removed from the display and into a QT but still didn’t make it. I’m scheduled to receive a group of ignitus anthias on Wednesday, and since they are such a uronema-prone fish I want to make sure that they are not adversely affected by this when they’re added after their QT. There are currently four other fish in the display that are showing zero symptoms (including clowns, which are also allegedly uronema magnets)

Edit: adding more info about the display and situation: 55 gallon with mostly LPS. The fish showed a small wound on Friday that rapidly progressed to what it looks like in the pictures.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

That does look like Uronema.

Common wisdom is that internal Uronema comes in with the fish and is not highly contagious from fish to fish - it is found free living in many/most aquariums.
Chloroquine works well to kill free living Uronema if you want to go that route, but your new anthias may already be carriers of the internal form.
Jay

 

[Cheese Griller]

That does look like Uronema.

Common wisdom is that internal Uronema comes in with the fish and is not highly contagious from fish to fish - it is found free living in many/most aquariums.
Chloroquine works well to kill free living Uronema if you want to go that route, but your new anthias may already be carriers of the internal form.
Jay

Thank you for the reply! Good to know it’s not highly contagious. Fingers crossed the anthias come in clean!

 

[Jay Hemdal]

In case you haven't seen it, here is an article I wrote about Uronema:

Uronema / Red Band Disease - Hemdal

Red Band Syndrome in Marine Fishes: Caused by the Protozoan; Uronema sp. Jay Hemdal Introduction: This moderately common disease of certain species of marine fish is so often misdiagnosed that most aquarists apply incorrect treatment methods...

www.reef2reef.com

Jay

 

[Weeb]

I've taken healthy fish and found Uronema marinum (Uronema) alive and 'well.' It is a fact from my work, that a fish can live a long life in an aquarium with Uronema marinum.

The best that can be done is to make sure the fish in the aquarium are in the best water quality, not stressed, and well/properly fed. Some feeding recommendations are given in the Fish Health Rough Proper Nutrition post.