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08-10-2006, 09:57 PM
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ONE VERY BIG FISHY
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Garlic????
I understand garlic is supposed to be a immune booster. So i was wondering, could you actually sorta chop up the garlic to small pieces and feed your livestock like once a week or month. And could you hang like a medium piece in your tank sorta like seaweed? i was just wondering cuz i havent seen this done.....oh and what are some other "immune boosters", im planning on making some blender mush soon. thanx in advance
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08-10-2006, 10:00 PM
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Shark
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I tried to feed pieces of garlic to my sick clownfish, he would not eat it.
For immune bosting, go to a whole foods store and but garlic extract and soak ur Nori in it before you clip it
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08-10-2006, 10:02 PM
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ONE VERY BIG FISHY
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but i thought that garlic really enticed the fish to eat, so why wouldnt they go after the real thing?
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08-10-2006, 10:09 PM
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Shark
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They dont have it in the natural enriroment. Im just saying that my clownfish would not eat pieces of garlic directly
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08-10-2006, 10:10 PM
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most of the stories you hear about garlic are just that..
there really has not been any real science behind it at all.
does it help them heal? maybe but maybe not at all.. get them to eat? possible but does nto happen to everyfish.
a lot of times when garlic is used are a cure for something. other things were done to the tank at the same time so it is hard to say if it really worked.
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Last edited by tims; 08-10-2006 at 10:16 PM.
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08-10-2006, 10:12 PM
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ONE VERY BIG FISHY
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i guess that is true....
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08-10-2006, 10:16 PM
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ONE VERY BIG FISHY
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but if they eat a chunk of garlic it wouldnt neccasarily be bad for them would it?
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08-10-2006, 10:17 PM
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I doubt a fish would keep it down
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08-10-2006, 10:17 PM
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no it should not be.
some add it to the blender mush they make, or use the garlic extrac
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08-10-2006, 10:23 PM
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ONE VERY BIG FISHY
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part of the reason is i while i was making my blender mush a couple of minutes ago i added some garlic but my blender couldnt get it to compleatly dissapper, so i have little/small chunks.
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08-10-2006, 10:26 PM
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with garlic if you really want to add it, you can buy the minced already or mince it your self frist..
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08-10-2006, 10:27 PM
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Shark
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Originally Posted by tims
with garlic if you really want to add it, you can buy the minced already or mince it your self frist..
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or buy extract and throw it in 2
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08-10-2006, 10:34 PM
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ONE VERY BIG FISHY
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yeah thats prolly what i will do next time.
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08-10-2006, 11:35 PM
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Garlic Extreme by Kent is pretty potent stuff.
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08-11-2006, 07:58 AM
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I have been soaking my food in garlic for the last couple of days and my goby, shrimp and foxface seem to love it. I can't get my clowns to eat anything though. I have tried Mysis, flake and brine...What do you feed yours?
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