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My wife has two apple snails and a frog in a 20 gallon we have. We feed the frog feeder fish, red minnows. The minnows we got have ick. Can the snails and frog get this or is ick only a thing that fish can get?

If you have already had the infected fish in the tank you will find out very soon one way or another.

At a guess I would say a strong no for the snail because of its hard shell but that does not mean its soft underbelly but that is usually a very tough slimy surface. The frog also has a slimy surface and I would say a harder surface for the Ich to attach its self.

From now on I would be looking for a new supplier or start breeding feeder fish your self that way you would know they would be safe to feed your frogs.

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No, snails cannot get ich from the fish. I don't know
anything about frogs.
The problem with treating Ich is that nearly all the
medications used to kill that parasite contain copper.
Even the smallest amount of copper will kill the snails.

Read the medication container directions and cautions
before treating.

Be sure to treat the minnows in a separate tank rather than
house and treat the school of minnows in the main tank.
Until the ich is completely gone from the feeders, I'd try
feeding the frog with worms or something like crickets.

Frank


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So far so good. it looks like frogs and snails can not get ick. Every thing that I have seen on the net says that only fish can get ick.
All is good. Happy wife, happy life.