i read that garlic helps with making your fish eat more and helps with internal parasites..can you use regular garlic? or how does this work? just curious
garlic??
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I've had some success in clearing my puffers of parasites by adding garlic extract to their food. I buy concentrated garlic extract from GNC. I add about 2 drops per teaspoon of food (thawed shrimp, FD Krill, food sticks, etc.) and let the extract soak in for a short time (no exact time but, more than 10 minutes). Then feed it to my fish. The extract infused foods appear to have improved new fish appetites and definitely cleared my new puffers of intestinal parasites in just a few days.
I know some people that feed chopped raw garlic directly to their fish. But, my fish are too big to rush at small chopped foods. I know a few people that swear by the use of garlic powder. I tried it since the powder is cheap but, all it did was float to the surface of my tanks and generally just result in cloudy water with a garlic smell.
The extract I get is labeled 'odorless'. There's only a slight odor if you sniff the bottle directly. The fish tanks no longer smell of garlic.
I know some people that feed chopped raw garlic directly to their fish. But, my fish are too big to rush at small chopped foods. I know a few people that swear by the use of garlic powder. I tried it since the powder is cheap but, all it did was float to the surface of my tanks and generally just result in cloudy water with a garlic smell.
The extract I get is labeled 'odorless'. There's only a slight odor if you sniff the bottle directly. The fish tanks no longer smell of garlic.
I am also treating my bass to a garlic treatment as well. But, I, cut a small piece of garlic and and crush it into a paste like. Mix it with there food and forced feed them using a tube. After the first day of treatment, my bass are a little bit more active and trying to chase the feeders. Since then, I have taken the feeders out. I would rather them "rest" up instead of them chase food and burn more then they eat. I will continue to force feed in till they are strong enough for my likings. But as Oddball stated, if your fish is still eating then Garlic can be used as a preventive as well. In my case, the fish are not eating thus why I must force feed.
Sup Mike, u think that xingu will take BW again?
I made a BW/pellet mixture that I used to successfully convert my jardini onto pellet.
I'm actually thinkng of defrosting that mixture and adding garlic to the mixture in preparation.
Or do u think I should start with feeders?
It's walker by the way
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I made a BW/pellet mixture that I used to successfully convert my jardini onto pellet.
I'm actually thinkng of defrosting that mixture and adding garlic to the mixture in preparation.
Or do u think I should start with feeders?
It's walker by the way
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Sounds like a great idea,im going to try this myself,has anyone tried seachem garlic guard?
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Never tried it personally, but it looks like it has the same effect as garlic extract but with vitamin C.
I got some today,im soaking hikari gold in it now,smells good anyway
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