Would you take coral from a tank that had ich?

[mark]

Want to make room in the tank by removing some frags but had an outbreak of ich awhile back. If I posted them up would disclose that had the outbreak but wondering if anyone would be interested.

(I know that corals don't host ich but figure there might be a chance the tomont attached to the substrate the frag is mounted on).

[Zoaelite]

Personaly I would have no problem with it. From experience with fresh water (Because I'm fairly new to salt) I know that although ich can be spread through a system I believe it's how well the system is doing. For example if I had a 10g feeder tank with 70 fish in it ich would EXPLODE if i introduced it but in a 105g that has matured and has healthy inhabitants the chance of spreading is slim to none.

Levi

[BC564]

yeah I agree.....so if you need help getting rid of some...let me know...I will definately help you out....lol

[Chaloupa]

all you have to do is quarantine the new corals for a few weeks and there would be no ich to worry about, so yes, I would take corals from an ich tank

[Samw]

I've never had a problem with ick except for when I first started my reef tank and didn't have enough oxygenation as I used only powerheads. Then, ick killed my fish fairly quickly. Nowadays, I get ick only once in a while for various reasons (new fish or overdosing some additive), but the fish fight it off on their own (even without the UV running). So I have no fear of taking corals nor fish from a tank with ick. I don't recall ever losing a saltwater fish to ick after my first few months of reefkeeping.

[super7]

If you quarantine corals before you put them into your main tank their should be no problem. You can also do a dip on them like you do to freshwater plants. I would however want to check water quality of the tank and how it has affected the coral since it has affected the fish. unless the fish were just added.

[Skimmer Juice]

I would agree with Chaloupa and quarintine it for a couple weeks.

[mark]

Thanks for the replies.

As for setting up a QT tank for corals such a acros, what's required. Would be for frags so already have a small tank (10g) a small HOB filter but what for lighting? Would something like a screw-in CF (such as these (http://216.187.96.54/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=36741&highlight=home+depot)) be enough to keep the frags happy?

[fencer]

Yep...got no fish in the tank anyways but all you have to do is QT them. They can easily take a couple of hours.

[Chaloupa]

My QT tank is a 40g shallow tank...drilled with a sump. I went large so I could QT colonies (read about red bugs and acro eating flatworms...to start) and they should all be QT'd.....I learned the hard way.....BUT my lighting is a 250w halide, I have a skimmer and good current.....plus excellent water quality.

In answer to having that bulb as a QT tank bulb for acros...I wouldn't think that was ideal...I QT my corals for a few weeks now....so it wouldn't remotely work....maybe someone else will chime in with experiences they have had...but any QT and frag systems have MH lighting

[Aquattro]

I always cut frags off whatever they're mounted to anway, so taking a frag like this wouldn't be an issue.

[marie]

I have never lost a fish to ich. I think ich is kind of like fleas on a dog if the fish has a strong immune system it can fight them off...marine velvet on the other hand is a nasty parasite :twised: .

[untamed]

I think ich is a permanent resident of my tank already so I have no problem with frags coming from an ichy tank. Like others, I remove substrate from all frags and iodine dip them. I'm guessing that it's unlikely I would transfer ich in this way anyway.

[EmilyB]

Without a doubt.