i have not tried soaking it in garlic, i wil lgive that a shot. as for the tang he eats like a pig everything i put in the tank, frozen flake pellet and i feed him formula two pellet and OSI spirlina flake along with prime reef flake brine flake, frozen brine enriched with spirlina frozen plankton and the variety pack. believe it or not he loves squid but i really wanted him to graze on this alage sheets like everyone else get thiers todo