gsiegel
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Ah yes - the cure-all magic garlic. Tuskfish don't let this get out or alot of doctors will be put out of business.
my blue hippo tang has ich
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Ah yes - the cure-all magic garlic. Tuskfish don't let this get out or alot of doctors will be put out of business.
OK just my 2 cents... I wish there was a way to make people understand the difference between Ich management and Ich eradication. Ich management and everything it entails can work, but it comes with great risk. Meaning you might go months or even years and you're winning all the battles, but one day you might wake up to a tank full of dead/dying fish. Ich has won the war. Now, if you can live with that... Ich management might be for you.
Personally, I feel there are enough PITA things associated with this hobby - nuisance algae, dosing, fish fighting/nipping, etc. I don't care to add "battle fish parasites" to that list. So while QT and prophylactic treatment are not entirely without risk (nothing truly is), I sleep better at night knowing I won't wake up to Typhoid Mary running amuck in my DT. Let it happen in a QT with one or two fish; where I've got a fighting chance to defeat it.
Personally, I feel there are enough PITA things associated with this hobby - nuisance algae, dosing, fish fighting/nipping, etc. I don't care to add "battle fish parasites" to that list. So while QT and prophylactic treatment are not entirely without risk (nothing truly is), I sleep better at night knowing I won't wake up to Typhoid Mary running amuck in my DT. Let it happen in a QT with one or two fish; where I've got a fighting chance to defeat it.
Travis8896
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I completely agree which is why I'm setting up a qt tank but due some of the fish I have I'd love it if someone would let me put my fish in their established qt system
MrTuskfish
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Yes, very well put. This is also an area we don't talk about much; the experience of the hobbyist involved. I hope this doesn't sound like a self-serving drivel, ins not meant to be. IMO, a beginner doesn't stand a chance with ich. But a seasoned hobbyist may still be an idiot, but knows his tank and can tell something is really wrong from across the room. He knows how fish act and re-act to countless situations. A new hobbyist just doesn't have this time experience and usually can't react to potential problems before they become big ones. It could just be me, but more folks seem to be treating for parasites prophylacticly now. I know and respect the both the pros & cons of both sides of this never-ending debate .And I'm all for both sides; if if only because it means using a QT.That is really the place to discover a sick fish and a key to keeping parasites (and many other diseases) out of the DT.
Saltwater125
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If you load up your feedings with garlic it does kill off ich. I hate removing fish from my display tank to put in my QT, it is very stressful on the fish. I have two hippos that have been added to my 125 & were stressed by a lunre wrasse. Soaking garlic into flakes & frozen foods has removed any trace of ich. I added them in perfect shape, after 2 days they had many spots of ich. I went up to the fish store picked up omega 1 flakes with garlic & garlic guard - 1 day later, gone. The color of these 2 look amazing to. All the fish in the tank eat this stuff like they haven't eaten in 2 weeks & I feed them 4-5 times a day (Power feeding). Garlic really does work.
Maybe others will tell you otherwise but it worked perfect for me. I now feed all my fish with garlic, not every feeding but at least 1-2 times a day. If you have a smaller tank just make sure you don't over garlic.
Maybe others will tell you otherwise but it worked perfect for me. I now feed all my fish with garlic, not every feeding but at least 1-2 times a day. If you have a smaller tank just make sure you don't over garlic.
Deinonych
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Sorry, but there is no empirical evidence that garlic has any effect on Cryptocaryon.
gone fishin
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They made a similar post in the reef fishes forum on another very old thread revival. Just when I though the summer postings may be dull.
Reefstarter2
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what I have done to "get rid " of Ich is feed garlic amino acids vitamin C add voogle and last but not least poly Lab Medic say what you want about there being no cure for ich but after a pretty nasty outbreak in my system I lost only 1 fish and he didn't look good from the get go . powder blue . If I ever get ich in my tanks again I will do the same thing . I doubt the Ich is gone from the system and I think it lays dormant , but I haven't seen any signs of it and I am happy
Yeah, we go through the same dog and pony show every year at least a few times. I have pretty much given up even responding to it. However, it means we can get some great equipment deals on Craigslist. :fun2:
Saltwater125
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Whether there is documented evidence or not I am sharing my experience. I have read tons of reviews from many other people endorsing garlic supplements (garlic guard, Xtreme). It might work for some, might not. I only posted it up because I know tons of people have this issue with tangs & this may help. Personally I like trying methods like this, don't have to put meds in the tank or stress a fish out by removing them from the display tank & putting them in QT.
Removing a fish from my tank is next to impossible without removing most of the live rock which stresses every fish out so I avoid it. Paying $10 for some garlic guard & waiting a couple of days to see if it works before ripping apart your tank is worth it.
So why, as new to the board, are you reopening two very old threads on the same subject?
gone fishin
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I'll take stirring the pot for 200 Alex.
Saltwater125
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These were indexed by Google that's how I got to them. I didn't look at the dates until now. People still read a lot of these comments for help I know that's how I find most of my answers. I thought I would just post up my experience with this topic. Why do you close a thread? let it run so people can add their experiences with a particular topic.
Subtle? Not so very.
Saltwater125
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ok I will not participate on the website anymore. Didn't think posting my experience would have this kind of reaction. If you don't want people commenting on older threads remove it from your forum or it doesn't show up on Google. Not sure how or why you are taking my comments so personally it's kind of weird. PEACE.
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