Use of fresh garlic?

[DAvis]

Hi all, not sure where to post this, but seeing that I'm still new and suffering, I'll post here! Some of you know I purchased and lost an injured Green banded goby. I think it was yote, and others who mentioned supplementing food with vitamins and garlic to boost the immune system.

So, my question is, can I put a little piece of fresh garlic in with the frozen mysis shrimp or cyclopeze I'm thawing. I usually mix enough for 3-4 days in tank water. Can I leave a little garlic in there, like an 1/8 of a clove, and have it infuse that way? Or is this a once in a while thing to do? It would smell like a nice scampi! Sans the butter! :D

 

[Reefrookie]

I don't think it will infuse enough that way. If you are going to use fresh, I would smash it up as best you can befor adding it to the food

 

[daugherty]

get a garlic press and squeeze the heck out of it for the juice than mix that with your food

 

[DAvis]

Thanks Mike, now this technique works for my wife's excellent salad dressing, but I'll try that! Do you use it all the time? or just once in a while? Thanks!

 

[DAvis]

Thanks James! Um, I have one, why didn't i think of that! Do you use it all the time?

 

[daugherty]

no i dont use it i have some that i have used a couple times when i was trying to get a tang to eat. i put it on the seaweed and let it soak in for a bit then put it into the tank

 

[DAvis]

Nice. I might try it as an occasional tonic. Hides the fishy smell of the shrimp! :D

 

[Reefrookie]

Yes I mix it in all my thawed and rinsed frozen food. I use GarlicGuard extract by Seachem. I also mix in some VitaChem.

 

[DAvis]

Ahhh! you stumbled on another question of mine. You rinse all your thawed foods? I just started doing this. Good for reducing/avoiding nitrate build up and such. I think this is a good practice, no?
Thanks Mike

 

[daugherty]

i dont do it and i have no water quality problems.

 

[yote]

I rinse all frozen foods before feeding my tank.But its more of a habit than anything else I guess.

 

[DAvis]

It's all good. Thanks Yote. Seeing as I don't run my little 28g with a skimmer (yet), weekly 5gallon changes, rinsing food isn't a bad idea.
Thanks Mike and James for your input. Cheers!

 

[Reefrookie]

Yes I have always rinsed the food. I have only read all pros about doing it, and no cons. It works for me

 

[U4BOYZ]

I've never rinsed food and never had water quality problems. My tank has only been running about 6 months...so I don't know if my opinion on that really counts. :) I do add garlic oil and vitamins to mysis shrimp everynight. I let it soak about 5 minutes before feeding. I buy both products at my LFS. The garlic oil is very expensive IMO...so I'm looking into making my own in the future.

 

[dcantucson]

I do not rinse any of the frozen food I feed my fish. I figure anything that gets into the water would be good for filter feeders. :dunno:

 

[DAvis]

Yes Ursula, I value your opinion, I am as new as you! I'm going with my fresh garlic whenever I have the time. I'll rinse if I'm experiencing quality issues, and with investigate vitamins for the future! BTW, it's amazing you have the time to voice an opinion with the 4 boys running around! :helm2::helm2::helm2::helm2: :D

Thanks all!

 

[U4BOYZ]

BTW, it's amazing you have the time to voice an opinion with the 4 boys running around! :helm2::helm2::helm2::helm2: :D

Thanks all!

My boyz are all school aged now....and all I can say is PHHHEEEWWWW!!! lol