ich and invertebrates?

[hurricanedrift]

According to the article found at http://bestfish.com/saltich.html
invertebrates are suspected of carrying ich. If so how could you ever rid a reef tank of it. Any opinions?

 

[shockakahn69]

check out this web page, it helped me in deciding on going with the either Kick-ich or Greenex http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-12/sp/index.php

 

[hurricanedrift]

Shockakahn: Do you believe either of those medications were effective in eliminating ich? Results seem to indicate that they are somewhat reef safe but how effective?

 

[Steven Pro]

Ich (Cryptocaryon irritans) can be brought into a display by way of invertebrates. When the parasite drops off its fish host, it forms a cyst/egg to reproduce. This cyst can attach to any hard substrate including snail shells, hermit crab shells, etc. But, when they hatch, the parasite must find a fish host to continue living. They cannot survive in the presence of invertebrates only.

 

[rightnow]

I have inverts and I used Ick-Attack by Kardon. It is organic and worked well.