ICH!!!!!

Cal_stir · #1 09-16-2012, 03:13 PM

I was a non-believer then I got ich in my display(only time I introduced a fish without quarantine), was told to use garlic, was skepticle but tried it anyway and it WORKED, had zero losses and ich never returned.

mrhasan · #2 09-16-2012, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Cal_stir

I was a non-believer then I got ich in my display(only time I introduced a fish without quarantine), was told to use garlic, was skepticle but tried it anyway and it WORKED, had zero losses and ich never returned.

This is what I was looking for: someone with ich in the tank but doesn't get it :P

So what should I do is make garlic paste and put it directly into the tank? Like the paste itself? And what about water change?

Cal_stir · #3 09-16-2012, 06:48 PM

I whipped up a few cloves of fresh garlic and sqeezed it thru a coffee filter to axtract the juice, added about a tsp of it to the tank, soak the food in it when feeding, did that every day for a few days then just soak the food.
I now add a couple drops of kent garlic extreme to the food every day.

OH! and time is of the essence, git r done

mrhasan · #4 09-16-2012, 07:26 PM

Great! Thanks

mrhasan · #5 09-16-2012, 09:14 PM

Mixed mysis shrimp with garlic paste and the fishes went nuts (well my fishes always get nuts with whatever they can eat :P). Wrasse actually started munching on the garlic particles itself!!!!! Even stole the piece of meat that was given to the torch. Poor torch

Hope the garlic treatment will work

I love my wrasse!

Madreefer · #6 09-16-2012, 11:00 PM

Garlic works great for ick even though there is those that reside near the east coast that claim it is bogus. Kent Garlic Extreme is a great product and every meal I feed my fish is soaked in it. Theres also been debates that it is hard on the fishes livers but i've been feeding garlic for years and have'nt heard nor seen any complaints from my fish. But i'm no fish whisperer. IMO trying to catch a fish that is infected with ick causes more stress than anything and the ick gets worse. I'm sure a certain bullheaded member will be quoting this post but there is alot of people that swear that garlic works and I am one of them. I love the ignore user list. I'm sure i'm on a few members list too. HAHA

mrhasan · #7 09-16-2012, 11:07 PM

+1. According to my logic too, catching a fish stress it even more, not to mention about putting it in a smaller tank to treat with medication for weeks! Its even more funny when tank police doesn't attest a guy who is treating a tang in a 10 gallon tank for couple of months but will be all over the guy who is keeping a tang in 20 gallon temporarily for few weeks.

I have started dosing garlic in the food and have just finish feeding it (I mix mysis + flake + garlic paste). I will be getting a seachem's garlic very soon.

Any suggestion on how long to keep the food soak in garlic? Because I mix it, let it sit for a few minutes and then let it go off in the tank. Is that alright or do I have to get it settled for a few hours before dropping it in the tank?