Can't remember the name, I deleted my e-mail. I talked to who represents at the web-site. Think about it, it's not rocket science. Look at antibiotics, things adapt. Look at salt in relation to parasites, things adapt. So if said ip grows up around garlic, there you go. They recommend you use "community" and in the case of parasites, us "thera+a"....hence the name Thera.... Just passing it along. Here's an experiment for you. E-Mail them directly and say you picked up Thera+A and have been feeding that, but you wonder if maybe that is good since it is a "medicated" food, and wonder if maybe that is good. See what they say. - N
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Nereus ........... While I have no idea who exactly it was that you spoke with, they were mistaken. There are only two people on this planet that are qualified to speak about the nutritional aspects of NLS, one is the creator of NLS (Pablo Tepoot) and the other is myself. While I do not work for New Life, nor am I paid any monies by them for my contributions, I am an admin/mod on their forum and as I said am only one of two people qualified to answer any questions regarding the TherA formula, or anything else regarding their food. Here's a thread I created on the New Life Q&A forum about the TherA formula several yrs ago. http://www.newlife.ipbhost.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=256
For a starter, the TherA formula is NOT a medicated food, hence the beauty of it, as their is no risk of pathogens building up some kind of immunity towards it, and becoming super bugs, such as what has happened with many of the old school chemicals & antibiotics used in the past in commercial aquaculture facilities. It is for this exact reason that Pablo began using garlic on his commercial aquaculture facility 20+ yrs ago. (1990) Today many aquaculture facilities have realised their mistake in the overuse & general misuse of medications, and are turning towards natural immunostimulants where there is less risk to the fish, and generally little to no risk of creating super bugs. Pablo Tepoot was simply ahead of his time, and was trying things such as garlic before some of these natural remedies had become mainstream. As a matter of fact, 20+ yrs ago when Pablo began adding garlic to NLS, he was the only tropical fish food manufacturer using garlic in fish food. ALL of the NLS formulas contain garlic, the TherA formula simply contains a mega dose.
Does TherA need to be fed every day to otherwise healthy fish? No. Do I feed the TherA daily - nope. But I know many people who do, some for over a decade now.
The various compounds found in garlic simply act as a parasitic/bacterial preventative. It will not cure any type internal parasite, or any other form of pathogen that I am aware of. But it will also not lead to any type of super bug, anymore than supplementing a fish with Vitamin C will.
And you're right, it isn't rocket science. Garlic has been used for centuries for its anthelmintic properties, and contains bioactive compounds that thus far have clearly been proven to have a probiotic effect on fish.
HTH
For a starter, the TherA formula is NOT a medicated food, hence the beauty of it, as their is no risk of pathogens building up some kind of immunity towards it, and becoming super bugs, such as what has happened with many of the old school chemicals & antibiotics used in the past in commercial aquaculture facilities. It is for this exact reason that Pablo began using garlic on his commercial aquaculture facility 20+ yrs ago. (1990) Today many aquaculture facilities have realised their mistake in the overuse & general misuse of medications, and are turning towards natural immunostimulants where there is less risk to the fish, and generally little to no risk of creating super bugs. Pablo Tepoot was simply ahead of his time, and was trying things such as garlic before some of these natural remedies had become mainstream. As a matter of fact, 20+ yrs ago when Pablo began adding garlic to NLS, he was the only tropical fish food manufacturer using garlic in fish food. ALL of the NLS formulas contain garlic, the TherA formula simply contains a mega dose.
Does TherA need to be fed every day to otherwise healthy fish? No. Do I feed the TherA daily - nope. But I know many people who do, some for over a decade now.
The various compounds found in garlic simply act as a parasitic/bacterial preventative. It will not cure any type internal parasite, or any other form of pathogen that I am aware of. But it will also not lead to any type of super bug, anymore than supplementing a fish with Vitamin C will.
And you're right, it isn't rocket science. Garlic has been used for centuries for its anthelmintic properties, and contains bioactive compounds that thus far have clearly been proven to have a probiotic effect on fish.
HTH
LOL ........... don't you get it yet? 
If someone goes to the NLS forum and asks "them", I'm generally the person that's going to respond. Pablo has been swamped with other business, so he's almost never online these days.
Most likely the person that responded to your email would have been his office manager. Super sweet, super nice lady, but she's not exactly qualified to speak about the finer aspects on nutrient requirements of fish, or the various pathogens found in an aquarium.
In fact, she doesn't even keep fish. Which is precisely why she doesn't respond to questions posted on the New Life forum. Okey-dokey?
If it was in fact his office manager that you spoke with, her intentions were good, and she was correct in as much as one doesn't need to feed the TherA formula on a daily basis to healthy fish (and the TherA formula IS more expensive, so she was saving you some $$) - but she was incorrect about pathogens, IP's, or anything else building up any kind of immunity towards the various compounds found in garlic.
This isn't me getting dickish, this is me correcting some misinformation - regardless of where you heard it, or who told it to you. I would imagine that the vast majority of MFK members would prefer the correct info when basing their decision on what food to feed. Yes?
If someone goes to the NLS forum and asks "them", I'm generally the person that's going to respond. Pablo has been swamped with other business, so he's almost never online these days.
Most likely the person that responded to your email would have been his office manager. Super sweet, super nice lady, but she's not exactly qualified to speak about the finer aspects on nutrient requirements of fish, or the various pathogens found in an aquarium.
In fact, she doesn't even keep fish. Which is precisely why she doesn't respond to questions posted on the New Life forum. Okey-dokey?
If it was in fact his office manager that you spoke with, her intentions were good, and she was correct in as much as one doesn't need to feed the TherA formula on a daily basis to healthy fish (and the TherA formula IS more expensive, so she was saving you some $$) - but she was incorrect about pathogens, IP's, or anything else building up any kind of immunity towards the various compounds found in garlic.
This isn't me getting dickish, this is me correcting some misinformation - regardless of where you heard it, or who told it to you. I would imagine that the vast majority of MFK members would prefer the correct info when basing their decision on what food to feed. Yes?
