F@$kin Ich

[derrick orosz]

I just picked up minced garlic. Mix a very little it in with my food at feeding time.

All i got from this post was mmmmmmmmmmmmm Whisky!

so when you add it do the food you let it soak and then remove it or you put it in your tank with the fish food?

 

[TORX]

All i got from this post was mmmmmmmmmmmmm Whisky!

so when you add it do the food you let it soak and then remove it or you put it in your tank with the fish food?

I am lazy and just feed them the whiskey, I mean garlic. I just use the tip of a spoon, not sure if that is right or not, just what I do.

 

[EricTMah]

I just picked up minced garlic. Mix a very little it in with my food at feeding time.

Isn't that packed with oil? That would make your skimmer go nuts!

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[TORX]

Isn't that packed with oil? That would make your skimmer go nuts!

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Tip of a spoon in 150 twv, no notable affects on the skimmer.

 

[Kevin Tran]

Hard to say, but a healthy fish can survive ich. All of my tangs showed signs within a few days of being in my tank. Powder Blue shows signs when ever I add anything to the tank. Feed lots of garlic enriched foods and green seaweed. It may just be coincidence, but I also noticed that longer lights out periods tend to help with signs of ich and stress. I have even blacked out through the day and just left a lamp on in my living room through the night for a few days. I have only ever lost 1 fish from ich. I do do things differently then most though. As some people know, I have added a 2nd large foxface and multiple same body tangs successfully, it is a long process though.

Seaweed is a big part of tangs diet in the wild, so I was told. It also help boost the immune system to help fight against ich. This is what I feed my fish, also mix with other small pallet for smaller fish

 

[derrick orosz]

Seaweed is a big part of tangs diet in the wild, so I was told. It also help boost the immune system to help fight against ich. This is what I feed my fish, also mix with other small pallet for smaller fishView attachment 1259View attachment 1259

where do you get those?

 

[Kevin Tran]

where do you get those?

Big al sell it and I think most lft have it too. Try it man, I think it a big help plus garlic

 

[chief hill]

Seaweed is a big part of tangs diet in the wild, so I was told. It also help boost the immune system to help fight against ich. This is what I feed my fish, also mix with other small pallet for smaller fishView attachment 1259

I went to a local Chinese store and picked up nori sheet for sushi. 100% seaweed. Was $1.25 way cheaper than the store stuff and the fish love it.

 

[saltyair]

Yes just buy nori from the grocery store in the sushi section. It is the same that you buy at lfs.

Just on the garlic be very careful there are studies that to much garlic can harm fish, and no proof it actually helps with ich recovery.
Check this article

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/ich.html

Use nori and high quality pellets for tangs to help boost the immune system.

 

[Poseidon]

Garlic doesn't help with ich directly at all, it simply entices the fish to eat , and by eating the fish stays healthy, the actual garlic has no magical
Healing powers

And some grocery store noris can have added salt, so much so I read an post once that said it affected his salinity after weeks of feeding a new brand

 

[monizb]

Get your self a couple cleaner shrimp and a cleaner wrasse

 

[saltyair]

That is crazy about the salty nori
I have never experienced that - nori does come from the sea and would have salt in it. The amount of salt and nori to change the salinity of an aquarium would be massive even if it was 80% salt.
Nori is nori from the grocery store or the lfs - just be sure the only ingredient is nori.

Garlic doesn't help with ich directly at all, it simply entices the fish to eat , and by eating the fish stays healthy, the actual garlic has no magical
Healing powers

And some grocery store noris can have added salt, so much so I read an post once that said it affected his salinity after weeks of feeding a new brand

 

[Poseidon]

Yea for sure, I've never had experiance with it just heard that from
Someone.
A guy told me yesterday the best way to feed seaweed is to soak it in rodi water for a day or two Before feeding it, that allows it to sink and let the fish graze off it on the bottom rather than it just getting blown around and sucked down the drain

 

[saltyair]

Yea for sure, I've never had experiance with it just heard that from
Someone.
A guy told me yesterday the best way to feed seaweed is to soak it in rodi water for a day or two Before feeding it, that allows it to sink and let the fish graze off it on the bottom rather than it just getting blown around and sucked down the drain

I put it in a clip and cut little slivers along the bottom so only little pieces come off. Stops big pieces going down the drain.

 

[scubasteve]

Garlic doesn't help with ich directly at all, it simply entices the fish to eat , and by eating the fish stays healthy, the actual garlic has no magical
Healing powers

And some grocery store noris can have added salt, so much so I read an post once that said it affected his salinity after weeks of feeding a new brand

Actually garlic itself does boost the immune system even in humans google it.

 

[scubasteve]

3 times a week i feed my tangs nori sheet stuck in a veggie clip.... i also drip about 1ml of garlic guard on the nori sheet fold in half and let sit for 10-15 min before putting into tank and my 2 tangs are ich free very colourful and allways full... anyone with tangs should be doing this if you want long term success and to go even bigger a couple drops of vitamin additive as well . i buy this big bunch for $33 but is a massive jumbo pack

 

[jeffopentax]

Garlic and its effects on fish and ich are debated endlessly on the net. Seems there's no definitive evidence or answer.

 

[sunnykita]

Garlic doesn't help with ich directly at all, it simply entices the fish to eat , and by eating the fish stays healthy, the actual garlic has no magical
Healing powers

And some grocery store noris can have added salt, so much so I read an post once that said it affected his salinity after weeks of feeding a new brand

that's good to know Brandon, I hadn't heard that before !

 

[sunnykita]

3 times a week i feed my tangs nori sheet stuck in a veggie clip.... i also drip about 1ml of garlic guard on the nori sheet fold in half and let sit for 10-15 min before putting into tank and my 2 tangs are ich free very colourful and allways full... anyone with tangs should be doing this if you want long term success and to go even bigger a couple drops of vitamin additive as well . i buy this big bunch for $33 but is a massive jumbo pack

where do you find this size of package Steve?

 

[Kevin Tran]

Actually garlic itself does boost the immune system even in humans google it.

Yup, we cook a lot with garlic at home yum yum yum