I finally beat dinos and discover my tank has Uronema heteromarinum
I had a few fish losses so I sent out a dna test to AquaBiomics and here are my results: 1001729_tankDNA_Report
I'm not sure if Uronema heteromarinum is the type that parasitizes fish or if it's something I should worry about. My established fish are all doing great but we did recently lose a mandarin we had for over a year and a lemonpeel angel we added that did really well for a month (was eating and active then slowly lost color and passed). I'm not sure if the lemonpeel had ich or uronema but he did flash/scratch and seek cleaning from the cleaner shrimp constantly. His death is what prompted sending the dna test in.
I have only ever purchased fish from 1 fish store so I am thinking about looking elsewhere in the future. I am stressing about adding anything new or if I should attempt treatment. I've seen success stories of H202 dosing tanks with fish/corals/inverts to eliminate uronema but the treatment could potentially harm my SPS and inverts. I've also contemplated starting over and setting up a proper qurantine but with my luck, it would sneak back into the tank.
My established fish seem completely unphased by any of this. Great coloration, active, eating etc
My 2 40 gallons that are plumbed into this system are now a year old and practically empty so I was hoping to add some new inhabitants, but I am not sure if that's a good idea now.
What would y'all recommend I do?
Fish
Main Tank - Orange Storm Clownfish, Black Storm Clownfish, 5x Scribbled Anthias, Sailfin Tang, Half Black Mimic Tang, 2x Blue Star Leopard Wrasse Bonded Pair, Diamond Goby
Left 40 - Papuan Toby Puffer
Right 40 - Misbar Black Snowflake Clownfish
Corals
SPS - ORA Hawkins Echinata Acropora, Red TNT Anacropora, Miyagi Acropora tort, red & grafted Montipora, Purple Bonsai Acropora, Green Anacropora, Neon Green Pocillopora
LPS - WWC Dream Catcher Duncans, Rainbow Branching Hammer, Jack-o-Lantern Leptoseris, Space Invader Pectinia, Green Branching Hammer, Yellow/Green Branching Octospawn, Candy Canes, Green Duncans, Red Acans, Green Torch, Joker Torch
Softies - Rasta Zoas, Sunny D Zoas, WWC Balrog Zoas, Green Sinularia, 3 types of Ricordeas
Inverts
2x Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
Feather Duster
Snails - Turbos, Ceriths, Nerites, Astraea, Tiger Conchs, Trochus, Bumble Bee
Crabs - Pom Pom Crab, 2x Porcelain Crabs, Halloween Hermit, Blue Striped Hermit, Various Dwarf Hermits
I had a few fish losses so I sent out a dna test to AquaBiomics and here are my results: 1001729_tankDNA_Report
I'm not sure if Uronema heteromarinum is the type that parasitizes fish or if it's something I should worry about. My established fish are all doing great but we did recently lose a mandarin we had for over a year and a lemonpeel angel we added that did really well for a month (was eating and active then slowly lost color and passed). I'm not sure if the lemonpeel had ich or uronema but he did flash/scratch and seek cleaning from the cleaner shrimp constantly. His death is what prompted sending the dna test in.
I have only ever purchased fish from 1 fish store so I am thinking about looking elsewhere in the future. I am stressing about adding anything new or if I should attempt treatment. I've seen success stories of H202 dosing tanks with fish/corals/inverts to eliminate uronema but the treatment could potentially harm my SPS and inverts. I've also contemplated starting over and setting up a proper qurantine but with my luck, it would sneak back into the tank.
My established fish seem completely unphased by any of this. Great coloration, active, eating etc
My 2 40 gallons that are plumbed into this system are now a year old and practically empty so I was hoping to add some new inhabitants, but I am not sure if that's a good idea now.
What would y'all recommend I do?
Fish
Main Tank - Orange Storm Clownfish, Black Storm Clownfish, 5x Scribbled Anthias, Sailfin Tang, Half Black Mimic Tang, 2x Blue Star Leopard Wrasse Bonded Pair, Diamond Goby
Left 40 - Papuan Toby Puffer
Right 40 - Misbar Black Snowflake Clownfish
Corals
SPS - ORA Hawkins Echinata Acropora, Red TNT Anacropora, Miyagi Acropora tort, red & grafted Montipora, Purple Bonsai Acropora, Green Anacropora, Neon Green Pocillopora
LPS - WWC Dream Catcher Duncans, Rainbow Branching Hammer, Jack-o-Lantern Leptoseris, Space Invader Pectinia, Green Branching Hammer, Yellow/Green Branching Octospawn, Candy Canes, Green Duncans, Red Acans, Green Torch, Joker Torch
Softies - Rasta Zoas, Sunny D Zoas, WWC Balrog Zoas, Green Sinularia, 3 types of Ricordeas
Inverts
2x Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
Feather Duster
Snails - Turbos, Ceriths, Nerites, Astraea, Tiger Conchs, Trochus, Bumble Bee
Crabs - Pom Pom Crab, 2x Porcelain Crabs, Halloween Hermit, Blue Striped Hermit, Various Dwarf Hermits
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