I really don't want to ask this!!

[paulamrein]

O.k I am fully aware of what will be said once I ask this, and I am a little embarrassed to bring this up. Consider it a rookie mistake and hopefully there is some grace.
Well, I was reading a lot about the benefits of garlic. So I didn't have any fresh garlic or extract, so I used garlic powder and mixed it with the food. The fish fed better than normal, but there is a STRONG smell of garlic in the tank. I didn't think I used that much. On a good note my skimmer has a nice brown froth coming out. I just don't want anything harmful coming out of it, I don't even care that it was ineffective as long as I didn't do more damage. On a side note I have a 1.5" yellow tang in the tank, it eats and picks at the live rock all day I have nori strips in the tank at all times changing them out every day. It still looks really skinny though. Is there a something that I can add to the diet to fatten him up. Agressive eater, just skinny.

 

[Nanook]

I usually prefer a little Paprika

 

[scbadiver]

Mrs. Dash has a nice, salt free, flavor too! However, as far as the tank goes, I suspect your fine. Just keep an eye on it.

 

[Freed]

You may want to add italian bread and some mozarella cheese. Turn the heater way up too to give it a nice brown baked color.

 

[paulamrein]

In other words, I don't need the garlic powder huh? Do you agree with the hype about garlic, My thoughts are that if it's just a appetite enhancer, good enough. If the fish is eatting he has a better chance of staying alive and fighting the ich right?

 

[Freed]

QT is the only way to go for preventing ich from entering the main system. Garlic, SO FAR, is only a myth for treating/killing ich. Hypo or copper in QT are the only proven methods for killing ich SO FAR.

 

[capncapo]

Anything that makes your fish eat and be fat and happy has got to be good for it.

I can't say anything about garlic powder being as good as fresh but if the fish like it....why not.

It's obvious that no one has any sense of decency when recommending other alternatives like Mrs. Dash, paprika and the like. It you had class you would realize that shallots are the only true way to a beautiful life.

 

[scbadiver]

Well then I concede because we all know, no one has had a longer, more beautiful (choke choke), life than ol' Capo!

 

[capncapo]

I get it now....Jack moves and leaves a vacancy and you feel that you just HAVE to take his place, eh Rob?

Experience any A/C problems this summer? Wait til next year!

 

[scbadiver]

Yep, somebody has to pick up the slack! I could be in trouble though because I don't run a/c much and by next summer (who am I kidding, by next week) you'll have forgotten this whole thing ever happened but I MAY need help with the heat soon if it keeps staying so cold.

I just can't leave it alone....sorry!1

 

[capncapo]

Heat? NO PROBLEM!

I just LOVE explosions!

 

[Jarob]

IMO I wouldnt use garlic powder because of other additives, but it shouldnt hurt anything in such low quanities. I have used the garlic extreme extract by Kent and it cleared my Ich right up and it hasnt been back since.

 

[scbadiver]

Umm.....nevermind....