Can plants get ick?

Question

I imported some live plants from a use to be contain ick aquarium into a cycling aquarium

I looked closely at the plant and i see little white spots on it

I'm guessing its ick, any thoughts?

Answer 1

No they can't.  Ich is a fish parasite, it doesn't attach plants or invertebrates like snails.  

What can happen, though, is that ich may be present in the water in the form of a tomite (like a larval stage), but these would be too small to see.

What you might have are the eggs of snails (especially if these are contained in a jelly-like substance in a cluster), or the eggs of fish or other aquaric organism.

Since plants can be adversely affected by the medications you would use to kill ich, it would be a good idea to put the plants into a separate container of water and put them where they'll have good lighting for about a week until you can determine what the white spots are.

Also, have you ruled out these being a normal part of your plant's coloration?  You don't say what kind of plants these are.