Garlic and the Prevention of Disease

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Thanks for the quick reply any quick links on where to get levomisole and how to treat them with it is it the same concept as garlic should i just soak there blood worms in it and then feed it to them so that they can ingest it any info as to where and how to correctly administer levimosole ,or garlic would be greatly appreciated i reaaly need to get the worms out of my clowns and any other of my fish that might have them thanks so much in advance oh and I have a 55 gallon and a 75 gallon and im just going to treat all of my fish for internal parasites so if there is any website that might sell it in bulk so i can dose all my tanks completely and for the extended amount of days like if i should treat all of them for 7 days i will have enough dont want to get it then mnot have enough to go around, thanks again
 
It appears that the scientific community (as per the previous link) considers 2ppm of Levasimole HCl to be an adequate dosage, which works out to 1gr per 100 gallons, not 5gr per 100 gallons as constantly reported on the internet. Treat the water, and follow the directions given in the link above. (Dr. Yanong suggests that the treatment duration be 24 hrs, then repeated 2-3 weeks later) I don't live in the USA so it might be best to start a new topic asking others for suggestions as to where you can purchase it.
 
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Raul, as previously stated .........

With regards to the concerns that have been brought up in the past regarding negative health issues from garlic .......


The only true scientific study that I'm aware of where a negative conclusion was reached when feeding garlic (a purified form of allicin) to marine fish, was due to terrestrial based lipids being bad for a fish, which is true, if used in excess. A potential problem if one uses fresh garlic or garlic oil over an extended period of time, a total non issue if one uses a commercial feed where garlic powder is being used. The inclusion rate of lipids via the addition of adding garlic to most commercial feeds (@ 1-5%) wouldn't even register on the overall lipid percentage of the food.

With regards to commercial foods, the "lipid" content derived from the garlic used in most formulas (garlic powder), would be almost nonexistent. Something along the lines of 0.0001%

To think that this will somehow have a negative effect on the health of a fish, be it short term, or long term, due to the lipid content, is quite frankly, ridiculous.

Using this same type of logic one could make the same accusations about Vitamin A, due to the fact that at high enough levels it too can become toxic to fish.
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There is an old saying among nutritionists; the difference between a nutrient, a drug, and a toxin, is typically the dosage.





HTH
 
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