Pyramid Butterfly - Disease ID please

[rock-n-reef]

I have a pyramid butterfly in the quarantine that I received earlier this morning that seems to have some sort of skin sore / parasite on its head. It shows a very slight bulge where it is. I did give him a fresh water bath to see if it is a fluke or something. Nothing apparently came off.

Here are couple of pics, with the first one circled showing what I'm taking about. There were 4 pyramids in the batch and only this one seems to have this. All are eating fine and shows no other signs of illness.

Any thoughts on what this could be?

@Humblefish

 

[DylanCameron]

Looks like it could be uronema, reddish sores are a sign of the parasite. Here's a thread about it on @Humblefish 's forum: https://humble.fish/community/index.php?threads/uronema.13/

And here's a thread about treatment (I would go with option 3 due to the fact that your fish is showing red sores): https://humble.fish/community/index.php?threads/us-vs-uronema.15259/

Take my advice with a grain of salt as I'm not a fish disease expert; hopefully someone else can chime in. A Google image search for uronema shows some pretty similar looking wounds: https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf...hid=1686857321794488&biw=1100&bih=626&dpr=2.2

 

[Humblefish]

That’s either Uronema or a severe bacterial infection.

Either way, I agree with @DylanCameron about doing a tea tree oil bath and then placing the fish in a QT with antibiotics dosed: https://humble.fish/community/index.php?threads/us-vs-uronema.15259/

 

[Humblefish]

There is a full list of antibiotic choices here: https://humble.fish/community/index.php?threads/antibiotics.15/

I would probably use something “heavy duty” like Ciprofloxacin, Enrofloxacin or Nitrofuracin Green Powder.

 

[rock-n-reef]

Bobby / Dylan - Thank you!

I gave the first round of Melafix bath. I will continue with the treatment to see how that goes. Thanks again!