sounds new to me..so anyone knows or tried it before care to share past experience??
I read that garlic is used for treating white spot in marine tanks, can it be used for FW tanks?
sounds new to me..so anyone knows or tried it before care to share past experience??
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Benetay
Yup! Literature on this has been discussed. Garlic extract has been used extensively in medical research to treat diseases. I know some aquarists use garlic puree mixed with fish food, to treat fish infected with internal parasites. Results were quite positive. Can try.
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ok so smash up the garlic and mix it wif the food then give them eat? so i should soak BW in garlic puree =)
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Benetay
just pound the garlic.. to extract the juices.. then dump your BW inside to soak up the extract for abt 5-10 minutes.. or wait for the BW to defroze.. then feed the fish.. it should clear the white spots.. at least it did solve the problem for marine fishes..[]
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so no one have tested it in a freshwater scenio?
Simon, Don't worry kekekeke....one day my recipe will have garlic in it =)
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Benetay
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On 2/20/2002 12:14:19 AM
Simon, Don't worry kekekeke....one day my recipe will have garlic in it =)
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it sounds quite amazing, frankly
but if it works, it could be quite revolutionary
i think garlic would treat a lot more than simply external parasites IF it does
a. moae, can you point me to any literature regarding this?
would like to take a look
how is it done? i can try provided i go buy a white spotted fishy
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i dunno
but from my web searches it seems it does humans wonders
it's antihelminthic for us
sounds as though it could work for fish too
hmmm.. interesting.. maybe i give it a try.. i so free :----------------
On 2/19/2002 9:34:42 PM
just pound the garlic.. to extract the juices.. then dump your BW inside to soak up the extract for abt 5-10 minutes.. or wait for the BW to defroze.. then feed the fish.. it should clear the white spots.. at least it did solve the problem for marine fishes..[]
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DEA i will try provided if i get white spots for my fishes which i don't seem to get for a long time...=)
anyway i've tried to make up new recipe for my apisto fry =)
Cheers!
Benetay
hahhaaa..ben, dun end up killing them (touchwood)
if they die...i also can't blame it on garlic but i'm very eagar to know where did A.moae found his article..
Cheers!
Benetay
why, you think white spot is seasonal? []----------------
On 2/20/2002 1:05:50 AM
DEA i will try provided if i get white spots for my fishes which i don't seem to get for a long time...=)
anyway i've tried to make up new recipe for my apisto fry =)
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if you've treated for white spot once successfully, it shouldn't come back at all
^.- can u be 100 % sure?
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On 2/20/2002 1:13:18 AM
why, you think white spot is seasonal? []
if you've treated for white spot once successfully, it shouldn't come back at all
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why not? once the life cycle breaks, it breaks----------------
On 2/20/2002 1:16:33 AM
^.- can u be 100 % sure?
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On 2/20/2002 1:13:18 AM
why, you think white spot is seasonal? []
if you've treated for white spot once successfully, it shouldn't come back at all
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if you don't reintroduce the pathogen to your tank, it won't pop out again
chances are.. if u do get it.. usually it will be the new fishes that gets it.. and it is from the existing tank itself.. coz the original inhabitants are already sort of immune to it.. that is what i think it is.. i might be wrong..
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sort of immune is . . . not entirely correct----------------
On 2/20/2002 1:39:53 AM
chances are.. if u do get it.. usually it will be the new fishes that gets it.. and it is from the existing tank itself.. coz the original inhabitants are already sort of immune to it.. that is what i think it is.. i might be wrong..
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if you have managed to wipe it out, only the new fish will have it
if not, the parasite present in endemic levels on the OLD fish will migrate and attack the NEW fish, which are stressed from capture and acclimatisation to a new tank, leading to a lowered immune reaction from them
however, given enough time, the white spot will increase in such numbers that even the older fish will get it
something else just struck me about the garlic
instead of killing ich, it could simply boost the strength of the fish such that they can control the ich on their skin
thus the ich isn't visibly an infection, but lingers in low numbers
in which case a med which would break the lifecycle would be more effective
either way, i think it would be good as a supplement
errr.. at least i'm 20% correct.. hahaha..[]...
hmmm.. seems that garlic is not only good against vampires and cancer-preventing, it is also good against ich..err.. for fishes that is.. human dun get ich.. humans get itches.. hahaha.. the 't' in the ich stands for tantamount.. hahaha
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