My chromis have died of Uronema

[Theracoon]

My green chromis I picked up over weekend have died of Uronema tank doesn't have any other fish but is it safe to add more fish to tank or will parisite strike again? This is my main display tank any input will help thanks







Fixed the typo and the title for you - Jason

[Theracoon]

Sorry green chromis

[Theracoon]

Re did post auto text screwed this one up lol

[borg]

Ive had uronema before but it was in a QT so i was able to sterilize it.

According to info online, uronema can survive in a tank without a fish host so yes the tank will have it and can strike again.

http://www.reef2reef.com/threads/uro...arinum.247940/

[Tapio]

Yeah Uronema can live without a fish host so breaking down tank appears to be the only option unfortunately. Always quarantine fish!! Also stay away from Chromis.

[Theracoon]

Is there anything else that looks like uronema? I just got them at aquatic warehouse last week there fish are usually very healthy

[Tapio]

I have no experience with it, but just looking at pictures online the red blotchy areas on the fish does not look like any other disease. Beside perhaps bacterial infections. But the fact is Green Chromis....Perhaps it would be good to talk to somebody in charge at AW to alert them to this.

[Theracoon]

Thanks for fixing typos Jason

[Theracoon]

Here's the question.... can I run pure freshwater in the tank for a few days and kill this parisite? Thanks guys

[Theracoon]

So before I "purge" the tank I'm going to try "fishKeeper" medicine to treat per fountains aquarium suggestion I'll update when I have any changes I'm hoping I'm wrong on the Uronema diagnosis.....

[davocean]

Read this:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2620570

[Tapio]

Read this:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2620570

+1 Also read up on fish diseases in general on Reef Central and the effective meds that are available. You have to understand what you are trying to accomplish and with what. Also learn about the life cycle of common parasites. Don't just trust a "try this stuff" advice from someone. Last but not least, if you don't quarantine and most people actually don't, you will always run the risk of loosing new and your current fish after new additions.

I always quarantine for 3-4 weeks and typically don't prophylactically treat with anything except with Prazipro for internal parasites.

[Theracoon]

So Chloroquine Phosphate or bleach? And thanks for input will Chloroquine Phosphate 100 percent kill this parasite? Don't know much about cp

[Theracoon]

Yea I already bought a quarantine tank, learned my lesson

[borg]

Some info about CP. I used it to treat a QT tank that had uronema. One anthias survived out of 3. Then i sterilized the whole QT so im not sure if it wouldve been fine after using CP.

I used NLS ich shield (which contains CP) during the treatment.

Some folks believe its safer to use CP acquired via a vet rx. Its believed that CP acquired outside of the US may not have 99% purity. I followed their advice and now have both CP from rx and NLS ich shield.

At this point, I cant tell you the difference though, but ive stopped using NLS until i run out of the vet rx. I treat all my fish prophylactically.