Garlic treatment for white spot

**clothahump** · 20th Feb 2002, 04:08

Hello and say welcome to someone who has used Garlic for about three years, ME.
I have used Garlic for most ailments of fish in the past.
I now use it mainly as a Preventative.
I use very finely ground Garlic powder, 5ml to 50Gms of flake food, shake to mix and let it stand for two days, I then feed this twice a week.
I have also used it to worm Discus by placing small pieces in a small lump of beefheart, I have even used garlic oil straight into the aquarium to treat velvet, whitespot etc.
It is great at getting rid of parasites, internal problems etc.

**coryfav** · 20th Feb 2002, 10:35

clothahump, great to hear from you!
at last, someone who's tried garlic on freshwater tanks!
this "garlic treatment for fish" is really fantastic!

**akoh** · 20th Feb 2002, 11:11

BUT ! I've to warn u guys ! ur fishes are gonna give out gas ! stinkooo ! man ! Keeekeeekeeek ![

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Akoh
Safe Diving !

**rain** · 20th Feb 2002, 13:17

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On 2/20/2002 4:08:16 AM

I have even used garlic oil straight into the aquarium to treat velvet, whitespot etc.
It is great at getting rid of parasites, internal problems etc.
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hi there, can u advise me how much of the garlic oil i must use per gallon??? i have a fish with white spot now and its in a 60 gallon tank.

secondly ALL ur fish accept the garlic-enhanced BW??? or do they need some time to get used to the taste??

**clothahump** · 20th Feb 2002, 14:38

I would start off gently by using 1ml per gallon, keep a close eye on the fish as some do have a reaction to garlic the same as humans.
I have found that most fish will accept the food, some take longer than others to get used to it, if they do not eat it the garlic still gets into the water.

**A. Moae** · 20th Feb 2002, 16:38

Hi Clothahump! Thanks for the input.

Oh pertaining to DEA's question on the literature. If you're refering to the fish part ( Not the medical research lit I assume ), read this from Tropical Fish Hobbyist mag. Sorry I couldn't recall which issue though. There you have it guys, it's good to hear Clothahump has tried this and gotten good results. Well, sometimes traditional herbs can be a wonder cure compared to conventional medicine. Science...well, it's better not to believe it 100%, sometimes. Just my 2 cts worth.[

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Just my personal opinion, in general. I really think there is no harm to try, observe and comment. It might turn out good, or bad. Both ways, we learn thru' trial and error. Isn't that what the hobby is all about? For those who travel frequently, most of us are aware that many hobbyists in Japan, U.S, Taiwan & even Hong Kong are ahead of us, in terms of variety of fishes, plants & knowledge in this hobby. Sometimes, ridiculous theories could bring about revolutionary changes. Afterall, nobody accepted the fact that the Earth was round initially. Jus my 2 cts worth.

**kelstorm** · 20th Feb 2002, 20:56

rain.. starve them a few days and u will take it even if it comes with garlic-flavoured... hahaha

**foxemty** · 21st Feb 2002, 01:46

will throwing chopped garlic into the water do good to the fishes in any sense?

**clothahump** · 21st Feb 2002, 05:42

Garlic in its natural form is a bit hard to measure, go with the food idea.

**kelstorm** · 21st Feb 2002, 12:44

it dun work that way...

**clothahump** · 16th Mar 2002, 18:30

Took a while but I found the quote.
While Garlic has only 1% of the impact of Pennecillin it is never the less more effective with Gram Negative bacteria than is Pennecillin.
Herbal Medecine By Dian Dincin Buchman.

They used to use Garlic for dressing wounds during WW1.
The British Government bought it by the ton as did the Russians.

**lsz** · 18th Mar 2002, 02:35

kel you said soak the BW in garlic juice and feed the BW to your fish and it cures white spots...

but i have a query....white spots are due to external protozoan parasite....what has it got to do with what the fish eat?

**clothahump** · 18th Mar 2002, 05:24

I use the Garlic Powder mixed with food to boost the immune system and as a general tonic, it will also work its way through the system disposing of parasites.
My Corydoras Kronei had red patches where the fins meet the body, I started them on the Garlic food and there is now no trace of red.
A small amount of Oil used in a hospital tank will indeed help to get rid of white spot but be careful about how much you use.
I used it recently to cure a large abscess on one of my cats paws, crushed raw garlic applied to the abscess, within 4 hours it had broken and within 6 hours was looking totally clean and no visible swelling.
All in all I think the best thing is to use it as a preventative in food.

**kelstorm** · 18th Mar 2002, 10:23

actually, LSZ, i dun really work how the thing work...but it did work... guess the reason can be seen in clothahump's post..

**lsz** · 18th Mar 2002, 10:56

yeah thanks cloth thanks kel

**Gunjack** · 26th Mar 2002, 00:29

The article in TFH about garlic...

http://home.earthlink.net/~grenier2/discus.htm

**LeAnne** · 3rd Apr 2002, 02:05

hi.. just wondering.. does the garlic helps in neon disease also?
thanks..

**bEn88** · 1st Jun 2002, 13:34

i have try the garlic treatment for my FW fish n i think it work very well 4 mi .......the white spot now gone already ...thanks 4 the wonderful information

**eprouve** · 22nd Dec 2002, 03:38

Clothahump,

Is this garlic powder from the supermarket? If not, where do you but it?

**DEA** · 22nd Dec 2002, 04:21

i just thought of something else
allicin in garlic breaks down to a number of other compounds which are believed to be responsible for garlic's disease fighting properties
in that case, simply adding the crushed cloves should work, no?

eprouve
clothahump is from the uk

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