Dumb Question

[Leopardess]

So, I'm probably a complete and utter moron for not knowing the answer to this: Can frogs, such as African Dwarf Frogs, get Ich or is it completley fish related? Also, how about a bacterial infection such as flexibacter columnaris? Thanks.

 

[mike the zealot]

There are no dumb questions, only dumb answers.


...and I don't know the answer =P

 

[FroggyFox]

Surely someone knows the answer! Actually I was kinda wondering if invertebrates can get ich...my ghost shrimp has white stuff on him?

So yeah...who knows the answer???

 

[RogerL]

Hmmmmm...

Actually a very good question! If I had to make an educated guess I would say that it's unlikely that frogs get ich - but I'm certainly not an expert.

Not sure where your question is leading, but if you have an ich infection and are going to start a course of treatment be sure to check that the treatment won't harm the frog (whether or not it has ich!). Some of the ich remedy manufacturers' websites are pretty informative.

 

[Leopardess]

yeah, I would like to know because I had my betta and dwarf frog in with the rasboras until they got a columnaris infection (which I STILL cannot get rid of) and I took the two of them out and put them in a two gallon cooking cambro. I don't want to keep them in that (thank heavens they don't need a filter/heater/air pump). I was thinking about putting the betta in the 55, and the frog back in either the columnaris infected tank, or the ich infested tank, but certainly not if he's gonna catch it! ( I would put him in the 55, but it doesn't have a close fitting cover and he could escape...) So, surely there must be SOMEONE out there who knows the answer...

btw, I was thinking mostly of putting him back in the columnaris tank, I think the Ich medicine might bother him and I don't know how he'd do with gouramis...but the columnaris medicine is fine...

 

[Leopardess]

come on guys, someone surely must know the answer to this perplexing question!! *twirlysmi *BOUNCINGS

 

[Leopardess]

I'm having a hard time believing that NO ONE knows the answer....Come on guys! I have a betta and a froggy who want out of their tiny 2 gallon 'home'! I have to look at their sad little faces every time I walk by! Are fish diseases strictly related to fish?

 

[Badplankton]

No they wont get ich ,reptiles.inverts,mamals cant get the disease only fish, hope this helps

 

[Leopardess]

Thanks, I was assuming that they could not get ich...but I am more wondering about the columnaris bacteria...I'm thinking they could also be prone to this?

 

[Badplankton]

Im not sure about the bacteria ,not many animals get the same virus,bacteria etc... but i guess its better to be safe than sorry