Dosing of metro is probably ten times what is stated on the bottle.... the fish are eating too.
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Are you dosing 10x the concentration or 10x as long? The highest dose I have in my formulary is 25 mg/l very other day for three treatments.Dosing of metro is probably ten times what is stated on the bottle.... the fish are eating too.
That one chromis has an odd sunken belly, not sure what that’s about, when this species gets thin, it is side to side, not top to bottom.
Jay
That’s what I’m thinking, or a developmental issue.I am not sure about him either. He has been like that for many weeks though. And does eat. So, maybe like a birth defect?
That’s what I’m thinking, or a developmental issue.
Jay
Don’t forget, Uronema is not an obligate parasite, and can be isolated from virtually every mature aquarium...so while it kills new green chromis, anthias and some wrasse, you never see it become a disease issue in established tanks with long term captives. Also, there are issues that mimic Uronema, without a tissue biopsy under a microscope, you can never be positive a given lesion is Uronema or not.
Jay
No, The fish shouldn't go into the DT if they have lesions of unconfirmed source. I generally wait 14 and more usually 30 days prior to the resolution of any symptoms before moving a fish to the DT.
Your title of the thread kind of says a lot: prolonged uronema. That is kind of an oxymoron, Uronema kills quickly once you see symptoms. Since this isn't doing that, I suspect it isn't Uronema.
Jay
Have you tried Erythromycin (Maracyn1)? It has been shown effective against popeye and my understanding is that it is effective against gram positive bacteria (although 90+% of bacterial issues in marine fish are gram negative).
Jay