Uronema heteromarinum - let it be?

[SaltwaterScoop]

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

 

[threebuoys]

Choose fish species which are less prone to becoming infected. Uronema is present in many, if not most, tanks but tends to target certain species.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

As I think I mentioned in your other thread, Uronema is a falcultative fish parasite. I only see active infections in newly acquired fish of particular species; green chromis, anthias, some wrasses and sometimes butterfly fish.

Here is a story: I had just been promoted to working in the lab at the Shedd aquarium. I was handling routine necropsies and was logging a LOT of fish with “Uronema”. After a few weeks, curator told me to ignore that. When I argued, he said hang a dead smelt in the system overnight and do a necropsy on it tomorrow - sure enough, I found Uronema on it! He explained they were feeding on the bacteria that was feeding on the dead smelt!

 

[SaltwaterScoop]

Choose fish species which are less prone to becoming infected. Uronema is present in many, if not most, tanks but tends to target certain species.

I was hoping to eventually add the following:

Main Tank: Blue Throat Trigger, Clown Goby, Blenny
Right 40: (Trying to keep this tank coral friendly & peaceful for frags) Firefish or maybe flasher wrasse?
Left 40: (Not coral safe tank with toby puffer) Dwarf Angelfish

 

[SaltwaterScoop]

As I think I mentioned in your other thread, Uronema is a falcultative fish parasite. I only see active infections in newly acquired fish of particular species; green chromis, anthias, some wrasses and sometimes butterfly fish.

Here is a story: I had just been promoted to working in the lab at the Shedd aquarium. I was handling routine necropsies and was logging a LOT of fish with “Uronema”. After a few weeks, curator told me to ignore that. When I argued, he said hang a dead smelt in the system overnight and do a necropsy on it tomorrow - sure enough, I found Uronema on it! He explained they were feeding on the bacteria that was feeding on the dead smelt!

I appreciate the response and all the help! This definitely makes me feel better about trying some new fish.

 

[MnFish1]

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

The answer is - uronema can be present in every tank - healthy or otherwise. You did not mention one choice in your survey - which is 'ignore it completely' - which would have been my vote. It would not change my LFS choice - and I would not do any of the other choices either

 

[SaltwaterScoop]

The answer is - uronema can be present in every tank - healthy or otherwise. You did not mention one choice in your survey - which is 'ignore it completely' - which would have been my vote. It would not change my LFS choice - and I would not do any of the other choices either

I added a new option for you