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sdusky
04/08/2010, 08:25 AM
If a fish has ick, can the ick hurt your corals (sps, lps, polyps, zoo's, etc,etc)
A friend of mine new hippo has ick and we are going to a frag swap this weekend. Not sure if adding a new coral is a bad idea for him?

slief
04/08/2010, 09:37 AM
Inverts are not effected by ich as far as I am aware.

jenglish
04/08/2010, 10:11 PM
Corals are not affected by ich. THey are affected by ich medicine and ich can spread on coral frags though.

Sk8r
04/08/2010, 10:23 PM
More likely, corals might eat ich in its free form. Can't think of any reason why not. And I've never had a fatal ich outbreak in a coral tank. But I've got a hammer that takes up half my 54 g tank, and it eats like there's no tomorrow.

I'd say no problem, but he should get that fish out to do any treatment of it whatsoever.

Damasta5
08/19/2010, 08:04 PM
Ich wont hurt corals or inverts. Take the fish out if you can. If not there are a very few reef safe ich medications.

DustinB
08/20/2010, 01:43 PM
there are a very few reef safe ich medications.

There are no "reef safe" ich medications, that truly kill for good anyway.

Jstdv8
08/20/2010, 02:16 PM
ich won't hurt corals, but if you are transporting corals from an ich tank to a fresh Dt you may get some sticky ich cysts that tag along on the base of the corals and infest your tank. They can't provide life to tomites like a fish can but they can be a carrier in the cyst form.