Garlic?

[sandy]

Thanks Mr. Tang and all -- I went to the link re: marine snow. Cool.
Now, what is this about soaking the food in garlic? Ummm can you repeat explaining the process or send me to a message or link?
Thanks

 

[sandy]

Thanks, Mr. Tang. Be it once a month or otherwise ... please spell out the details of feeding "garlic" to the fish. Like what/where to buy, soak in water & garlic... what. Spell it out like the baby newbie that I am. Please?

 

[twoods71]

I used it twice when my tomato clown and flame angel had ich.
It worked fast on the tomato but took a little longer on the angel.
Both times it wiped the ich out though.

 

[fshhub]

get kyolic extract, it is about 15$here, at gnc, and the bottle goes along ways, use it about 2x's a month, unless you suspect a problem, but be aware, it is only a preventative, and MAY hlep in certain instances wiht mild cases, it should not be relied on as a cure all, sa if you ever have the need to treat 4 ick, still quarentine, the garlic may help, but i would not rely solely on it's use, and yes i do use it and can't say that it is 100% BUT, i am glad to say i can't say because i have not had to deal with any, i do also have a h/q tank ready ot use though
HTH

 

[karlas]

adding the garlic to the food my fish seem to go nuts over it, when i add it to frozen squid even my tang tears into it. garlic not only helps with ick but can help prevent internal parasites also. another thing that can help is adding vitachem liquid vitamins to the food this you add about 5 days a week because frozen brine alone is not as nutritious. also helps maintain color.

 

[marine qa]

I had an Ich outbreak last year and garlic cured the problem from all my fish. I added diced fresh garlic to frozen shrimp and later fed the defrostred shrimp to my clown, lawnmower blenny (yes it eats shrimp), and chromis daily. The Ich was gone w/in a month.
I do not use garlic to prevent Ich. I was told, and have read, that garlic's effectiveness for curing Ich will lessen with each use.