Hey people. Im taking care of a baby yellow belly blue tang. Its about half an inch long. And its in a 10 gallon tank to get a little bigger befor it goes in the main tank. The problem with these small little tangs is that they easly get ich and it can be a PITA. Lol.
But a lady I new at the lfs told me that when a fish gets ich u can use garlic since its a natural antiparisitic.
Well at first I thought it was kinda wiered. But after having my tang for a few weeks it got ich all over its body and I was worried...
So wat I did first is get 2 small cleaner shrimps, to hopefully help the baby tang out a little. And then I got one piece of garlic and I cut it in half so it can release its natural antiparisitic faster. I places the two pieces of garlic on the small hang on filters that are for freshwatter. That way I can easily get it out when im done.
Well after a day or two. I saw that the ich was almost nearly gone on the fish. I really liked how it worked. And if any1 is wondering... the cleaner shrimp were doing just fine. They eat and got bigger and the whole 9 yards. Also I did have pods in this small tank that were on the glass before I used the garlic and after I took the garlic out they were still there. Nothing died off just the ich. (At least from what I could tell) I had live rock and sand so I wasn't going to use copper meds.
THE DOWN SIDE!!
Well the only downside to this is that the water will smell like garlic. Lol. So if any1 out there tries this I recomend doing this in a small tank like 20g or less. I used a 10g.
Well that's my story. also after I got a baby 6 line wrassel and the ich returned and I did this again with same results. Well if any1 has a say on this reply to this. This method is a new one I heared. Since I heard of 3 other methods of treating ich. But this one seems to be my favorite with the help of cleaner shrimp. I also find this invert safe. Im sure its coral safe. Since a lot of nutrient inriched food liquides you put on fish food contain garlic. But to be on the safe side do it without corals. But I also have put some tank water in a contriner and added garlic and put frozen food and when it smelled like garlic I added it to my display with corals and the corals seemed fine. Just reember to take out the garlic.
I would of added pics but I don't know how. Sorry. =(
-H.C.B.
But a lady I new at the lfs told me that when a fish gets ich u can use garlic since its a natural antiparisitic.
Well at first I thought it was kinda wiered. But after having my tang for a few weeks it got ich all over its body and I was worried...
So wat I did first is get 2 small cleaner shrimps, to hopefully help the baby tang out a little. And then I got one piece of garlic and I cut it in half so it can release its natural antiparisitic faster. I places the two pieces of garlic on the small hang on filters that are for freshwatter. That way I can easily get it out when im done.
Well after a day or two. I saw that the ich was almost nearly gone on the fish. I really liked how it worked. And if any1 is wondering... the cleaner shrimp were doing just fine. They eat and got bigger and the whole 9 yards. Also I did have pods in this small tank that were on the glass before I used the garlic and after I took the garlic out they were still there. Nothing died off just the ich. (At least from what I could tell) I had live rock and sand so I wasn't going to use copper meds.
THE DOWN SIDE!!
Well the only downside to this is that the water will smell like garlic. Lol. So if any1 out there tries this I recomend doing this in a small tank like 20g or less. I used a 10g.
Well that's my story. also after I got a baby 6 line wrassel and the ich returned and I did this again with same results. Well if any1 has a say on this reply to this. This method is a new one I heared. Since I heard of 3 other methods of treating ich. But this one seems to be my favorite with the help of cleaner shrimp. I also find this invert safe. Im sure its coral safe. Since a lot of nutrient inriched food liquides you put on fish food contain garlic. But to be on the safe side do it without corals. But I also have put some tank water in a contriner and added garlic and put frozen food and when it smelled like garlic I added it to my display with corals and the corals seemed fine. Just reember to take out the garlic.
I would of added pics but I don't know how. Sorry. =(
-H.C.B.
