who uses garlic when feeding their fish

Young Joe Gibbs · 04/16/2008, 08:51 PM

Do you guys use the supplements or do you use fresh garlic? I work at a restaurant and have access to fresh garlic, so will that stuff do the trick or is that not ok? what would i do, just soak the garlic in the food water? thanks

BLKTANG · 04/16/2008, 08:54 PM

Almost everytime i feed.

Freed · 04/16/2008, 08:55 PM

I eat it on garlic bread sometimes right before or sometimes after I feed my fish.

Young Joe Gibbs · 04/16/2008, 08:58 PM

so i could just soak the fresh garlic with the food?

Freed · 04/16/2008, 09:00 PM

Yes but make sure you cook on low for at least 30-45 minutes before serving.

BangkokMatt · 04/16/2008, 09:40 PM

IMO the best way to add garlic is to grate it. Place it in a fine mesh and squeeze the juice onto the food. Let it soak in for 5 mins and serve.

Jane · 04/16/2008, 10:00 PM

Almost everytime I feed. I crush it very fine and soak the food in it then feed. It keeps the fish healthy and disease free.

downhillbiker · 04/16/2008, 10:17 PM

i dont feed all the time. i just use when the fish have any spots or are under any kind of stress. i think that if used too much it may lose some of its effect.

nugzo · 04/16/2008, 11:25 PM

I use garlic additive with my frozen foods. fish love it. I hate it !

Gdevine · 04/17/2008, 12:10 AM

Soak all my food in Garlic...fish love it, they're healthy and full of color! I also use a few drops of Selcon in all my food as well.

ACBlinky · 04/17/2008, 09:26 AM

I make my own food, and fresh garlic is always part of the recipe. It's a wonderful attractant, fish can't seem to resist it. Garlic-laden food is smelly, for sure, but there's nothing better for coaxing a new fish to eat.

ihopss · 04/17/2008, 09:36 AM

I to make my fish food and I add Garlic oil to the mix.

LeslieP · 04/17/2008, 10:22 AM

Like some of the others, I make my own food and mince a bunch of fresh garlic into it - along with some Selcon and Zoe. The fish go wild.

LobsterOfJustice · 04/17/2008, 10:27 AM

Once a week I soak a cube of frozen food (rinsed) in some tank water with 2 drops of garlic extreme added.

goldmaniac · 04/17/2008, 10:44 AM

I use 1-2 cloves of fresh garlic, crushed through a garlic press, for ich treatment.. Just added a pair of 1" hippo tangs and didn't do the garlic, they got ich on Day Three and I started. I know it'll work if they eat a couple pieces of the minced garlic, seems to completely repel ich.

AD87 · 04/17/2008, 10:56 AM

Fresh garlic every time! I mince it, let it soak in ro di water use the jucies, soak my pellets in it till they swell up and feed. I have had better luck with freshly chopped than other products (garlic exteme and others). Its cured my ick problems in the past.

DawnOctopus · 04/17/2008, 10:58 AM

I use minced garlic a few times a week.

stuccodude · 04/17/2008, 11:47 AM

theres times when people say i got ich, what do i do. i dont tell them to use garlic cause i dont feel like arguing with people who say only hypo and copper will cure ich but garlic is the way to a healthy tank and i use garlic about twice a week.

vanmo92 · 04/17/2008, 11:59 AM

I have some garlic extract that I bought. I use it occasionally, but I dont notice much difference so I kind of stopped using it.

cloak · 04/17/2008, 12:13 PM

I think my Formula Two flakes have 2% garlic in them. Other than that, I don't use it.

Here's a good article.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-10/sp/index.php

seanm001 · 04/17/2008, 03:49 PM

I feed New Life Spectrum and its formula includes garlic.

jubjub · 04/17/2008, 04:35 PM

i never use garlic....and my fish eat like pigs still....

tbar · 04/17/2008, 04:41 PM

I soak nori in garlic guard for my Kole tang and Foxface

rhkingsfan · 04/17/2008, 05:49 PM

Garlic guard for $4 at Fosters Smith. Use it every single time.

PSU REEFER · 04/17/2008, 06:40 PM

Use it almost everytime I feed. Soak my flakes in it and w/ frozen put Selcon or put some cyclop-eeze in it

04/16/2008, 08:51 PM	#1
Young Joe Gibbs Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: sandusky Posts: 87	who uses garlic when feeding their fish Do you guys use the supplements or do you use fresh garlic? I work at a restaurant and have access to fresh garlic, so will that stuff do the trick or is that not ok? what would i do, just soak the garlic in the food water? thanks

04/16/2008, 08:54 PM	#2
BLKTANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Never,Never Land Posts: 7,061	Almost everytime i feed. __________________ We the few have done so much,for so long,for so little.That we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. ____________________________________________________________________________ Current Tank Info: RR 90 Maganvore sump,250w Hamilton fixture,VorTec's ASM skimmer.

04/16/2008, 08:55 PM	#3
Freed It's what it's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 41° 2' 45" N 85° 8' 43" W Posts: 7,579	I eat it on garlic bread sometimes right before or sometimes after I feed my fish. __________________ Freed Current Tank Info: 180gal(1120 watts of MH/VHO light), 60gal "sump", Deltec 601 calcium reactor, Euro Reef CS8-3+ skimmer, 20 gallon QT

04/16/2008, 09:00 PM	#5
Freed It's what it's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 41° 2' 45" N 85° 8' 43" W Posts: 7,579	Yes but make sure you cook on low for at least 30-45 minutes before serving. __________________ Freed Current Tank Info: 180gal(1120 watts of MH/VHO light), 60gal "sump", Deltec 601 calcium reactor, Euro Reef CS8-3+ skimmer, 20 gallon QT

04/16/2008, 09:40 PM	#6
BangkokMatt Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Krung Thep Posts: 3,100	IMO the best way to add garlic is to grate it. Place it in a fine mesh and squeeze the juice onto the food. Let it soak in for 5 mins and serve. __________________ I've spent a lot of money on booze, women and fish. The rest I just squandered. Current Tank Info: 150g sps Reef (now FOWLR after a devastating crash due to chiller) , 2x400w MH (Icecap ballast, Lumenmax 2, Reeflux 12k SE), Deltec AP701, Grotech Tec III, Chiller, 2 x Tunze 6101, 1 x 6205 (+ m/c), bla bla

04/16/2008, 08:58 PM	#4
Young Joe Gibbs Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: sandusky Posts: 87	so i could just soak the fresh garlic with the food?

04/16/2008, 10:00 PM	#7
Jane Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Bernardston, MA Posts: 210	Almost everytime I feed. I crush it very fine and soak the food in it then feed. It keeps the fish healthy and disease free.

04/16/2008, 10:17 PM	#8
downhillbiker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 2,831	i dont feed all the time. i just use when the fish have any spots or are under any kind of stress. i think that if used too much it may lose some of its effect. __________________ The friendliest GIANT you'll ever meet. Current Tank Info: 200g Marineland Deep Dimension (Lumenmax Reflectors/Dual PFO 400w/Radium 20K) and 2xFrag Tanks (One TEK T5 fixture and one MH, Galaxy/Phoenix) on same system w/100g sump w/6"x100g DSB, AquaC EV-1000 Skimmer, Reeflo Barracuda return pump

04/16/2008, 11:25 PM	#9
nugzo Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fayetteville NC Posts: 78	I use garlic additive with my frozen foods. fish love it. I hate it !

04/17/2008, 12:10 AM	#10
Gdevine Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pompano Beach, FL Posts: 1,232	Soak all my food in Garlic...fish love it, they're healthy and full of color! I also use a few drops of Selcon in all my food as well. __________________ What's good having a monkey if you can't play with it? Current Tank Info: 65g Mixed Reef - 35g Fuge - EcoSystem Method

04/17/2008, 09:26 AM	#11
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	I make my own food, and fresh garlic is always part of the recipe. It's a wonderful attractant, fish can't seem to resist it. Garlic-laden food is smelly, for sure, but there's nothing better for coaxing a new fish to eat. __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

04/17/2008, 09:36 AM	#12
ihopss Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Gilmer,tx Posts: 751	I to make my fish food and I add Garlic oil to the mix.

04/17/2008, 10:22 AM	#13
LeslieP Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Waterford, CT Posts: 1,544	Like some of the others, I make my own food and mince a bunch of fresh garlic into it - along with some Selcon and Zoe. The fish go wild.

04/17/2008, 10:27 AM	#14
LobsterOfJustice Recovering Detritophobe Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 7,443	Once a week I soak a cube of frozen food (rinsed) in some tank water with 2 drops of garlic extreme added. __________________ If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. I remember when zoanthids were called things like "green" and "orange" and not "reverse gorilla nipple." Current Tank Info: 180g reef with all the bells and whistles

04/17/2008, 10:44 AM	#15
goldmaniac Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Yardley, PA Posts: 1,567	I use 1-2 cloves of fresh garlic, crushed through a garlic press, for ich treatment.. Just added a pair of 1" hippo tangs and didn't do the garlic, they got ich on Day Three and I started. I know it'll work if they eat a couple pieces of the minced garlic, seems to completely repel ich.

04/17/2008, 10:56 AM	#16
AD87 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 1,819	Fresh garlic every time! I mince it, let it soak in ro di water use the jucies, soak my pellets in it till they swell up and feed. I have had better luck with freshly chopped than other products (garlic exteme and others). Its cured my ick problems in the past. __________________ Antonio H Magnificia or bust.

04/17/2008, 10:58 AM	#17
DawnOctopus Octopus in Training Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Billerica, MA Posts: 113	I use minced garlic a few times a week.

04/17/2008, 11:47 AM	#18
stuccodude Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: sanger Posts: 1,040	theres times when people say i got ich, what do i do. i dont tell them to use garlic cause i dont feel like arguing with people who say only hypo and copper will cure ich but garlic is the way to a healthy tank and i use garlic about twice a week. __________________ fear the wrath of patrick willis!!! no offense is safe. Current Tank Info: 240 all the goodies,hydra 26 led lights, chiller etc

04/17/2008, 11:59 AM	#19
vanmo92 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Silverthorne, CO. Posts: 2,045	I have some garlic extract that I bought. I use it occasionally, but I dont notice much difference so I kind of stopped using it. __________________ PBITAWA Current Tank Info: 72 gallon bow Mixed Reef 1 fw tank

04/17/2008, 12:13 PM	#20
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	I think my Formula Two flakes have 2% garlic in them. Other than that, I don't use it. Here's a good article. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-10/sp/index.php

04/17/2008, 03:49 PM	#21
seanm001 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 300	I feed New Life Spectrum and its formula includes garlic. __________________ 110X mixed reef

04/17/2008, 04:35 PM	#22
jubjub Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: vacaville, cali Posts: 2,698	i never use garlic....and my fish eat like pigs still.... __________________ "The world holds two classes of men - intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence." - Abu Ala Al-Maari

04/17/2008, 04:41 PM	#23
tbar Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SE Virginia Posts: 452	I soak nori in garlic guard for my Kole tang and Foxface __________________ I have done a 5 gal water change (about 17%) every week since week one. Hopefully having this posted here will motivate me enough to keep doing so. Current Tank Info: 33L, Two 36" 24 watt Marineland LED's, Tunze 9002 Skimmer, 2 Koralia 1's, pico hob filter for carbon.

04/17/2008, 05:49 PM	#24
rhkingsfan Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Glendale Posts: 696	Garlic guard for $4 at Fosters Smith. Use it every single time.

04/17/2008, 06:40 PM	#25
PSU REEFER Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 713	Use it almost everytime I feed. Soak my flakes in it and w/ frozen put Selcon or put some cyclop-eeze in it __________________ Rob __________ __________________ Current Tank Info: 500g w/ a few fish & little coral, but that will change. 4 MH(400w-2-10K & 2-20k), 4-6' VHO, CL thru eurobracing, 2-Tunze's, OCT 5000ext., RKE, 2-550's LFR(GFO & Carbon), 2-part, and more equipment to add down the road.