Tank Transfer method with freezing

[DopeCantWin]

Could I achieve the tank transfer method by taking the water with Ich outside, where it will freeze, in theory killing the Ich, then back inside to unfreeze and transfer fish into?

The closest information I could find was http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2149782

but it doesn't seem very definite.

 

[HumbleFish]

I don't know the answer for sure, but you might find this thread from snorvich interesting.

Also, consider this:

Temperatures for optimal growth of most strains of Cryptocaryon appear to be about 23–30°C (73.4–86°F) (Dickerson 2006; Yoshinaga 2001), although active infections at 15°C (59°F) have been documented (Diggles and Lester 1996). Encysted stages, off the host (tomonts), were also observed to survive for 2–4 weeks under experimental hypoxic conditions (24% oxygen saturation); these released free-swimming infective stages (theronts) 10–11 days after excystment (Yoshinaga 2001).

A more recent study demonstrated that two life stages of one strain of Cryptocaryon (trophonts, i.e., the feeding stage during which the parasite can be found on the fish, and tomonts) survived dormant for 4–5 months at 12°C (53.6°F), and, after the water temperature increased to 27°C (80.6°F), developed and infected fish (Dan et al. 2009).

Source: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fa164

 

[DopeCantWin]

I don't know the answer for sure, but you might find this thread from snorvich interesting.

Also, consider this:



Source: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fa164

Thank you. Tank Transfer method regularly it is.