Ick & Corals

[sdusky]

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]

Inverts are not effected by ich as far as I am aware.

 

[jenglish]

Corals are not affected by ich. THey are affected by ich medicine and ich can spread on coral frags though.

 

[Sk8r]

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]

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]

there are a very few reef safe ich medications.

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

 

[Jstdv8]

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.