Can parasites live after being frozen?

[Ron448]

I just recently got a harlequin shrimp and the only eat starfish and one method to feeding them that I read is to freeze a starfish and feed it small pieces of the frozen starfish at a time. I know that my local fish store is riddled with parasites and things like ich can be attached to inverts so I'm wondering if anybody knows whether freezing the starfish would kill off the parasites that could be attached to it?
Thanks

 

[alprazo]

Are your shrimp in with fish? Bacteria can survive freezing.

 

[Ron448]

I have two clownfish and they are being quarantined so yes the will be with fish when they are done being quarantined

 

[Spar]

i asked this question last week and did not get a response. so tagging along.

 

[alprazo]

Are you worried about an echinoderm parasite infecting you fish?

 

[Ron448]

I'm not so exactly sure what you mean by echinoderm parasite but basically I'm talking about any parasite that will effect my fish. Is an echinoderm parasite specifically dealing with starfish?

 

[alprazo]

Typically parasites that affect your starfish will not affect your fish. Frozen or not. Just rinse well before placing in the tank.

 

[Spar]

Typically parasites that affect your starfish will not affect your fish. Frozen or not. Just rinse well before placing in the tank.

The concern is more with if a cyst stage is attached to the starfish, for instance with ich during the tomite/tomont stages. Even if highly unlikely it is still possible. Would freezing kill that stage?

 

[CHSUB]

there are parasites that can survive being frozen, trichinosis being one.

 

[DasCamel]

Not sure about a cyst like for Ich. It's very possible it can.

 

[Ron448]

Ok is there any amount of time being frozen that they will die? I'm basically worried about anything that will harm my fish or even corals and Im using my quarantine tank for my clownfish and the have another month and a half to go so I can't use the quarantine for anything else until they are out

 

[alprazo]

Pond Microbes have been thawed out and survived artic ice after 32000 years. Simply put nothing is sterile.

 

[rssjsb]

Pond Microbes have been thawed out and survived artic ice after 32000 years.

I'm sorry, but these fallow periods are just getting out of hand.