Ich at ***** (not a rant)

[aarone]

The ***** by my house now has a nice reef set up. It has a 55 with lots of LR 2 110w VHO and a nice refugium. Its good to see that they are trying to keep things alive now. Any ways, this tank has nothing but corals in it, and a few fish. I was looking at the corals when i noticed the regal tang in the tank was scratching alot. I inspected him and he did have signs of ICH. Now if i buy a coral from this tank, do I risk adding ich to the tank? I havent bought one yet, and dont really want to (GSP 60 bucks!!!) just wondering if i should tell someone of there little problem. Thanx
aaron

 

[beth]

Yes, there is a risk of introducing ich in to your tank.

 

[aarone]

thanks. Thats what i thought, since the corals came form the same water and when i take them out, the same water that had the parasite would have the ich on them. Can corals get ich?
aaron

 

[bdhough]

No they can't get ich but yes if the water from that tank gets in yours you could see it even though its a negligable amount of water.