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05-05-2008, 05:05 AM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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|  Garlic + Brine shrimp
Is it possible i could add a garlic supplement or similar to some live brine shrimp before i add to tank? _________  | 
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05-05-2008, 08:40 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
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05-05-2008, 08:57 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
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Im a little lost, why would you want to do that? | |
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05-05-2008, 11:58 AM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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Because Mikachase From what i gather it is good for the fishes immune system and also treating ich which i fear my blenny may have... | |
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05-05-2008, 12:10 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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 got it thanks. | |
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05-05-2008, 12:19 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Weston, Florida Age: 28
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I've heard of mxing garlic w/ the food, but i never heard it was good for anything other than getting finnicky fish to eat. _________ 75gal hex, 2-40w T12 48", odyssea 48" 4x65w PC's w/ lunars, 50lbs LR, 80lbs LS, gold banded maroon clown, dog faced puffer, juvenile blue angel, 2 dominoes, 1-4 stripe damsel, yellow watchman gobie, lawnmower blenny, mano, purple chromis, mexican turbo, astrea and red foot snails, striped, red and blue legged hermit crabs, coral banded shrimp, white and purple bubble coral(very little), red and green mushrooms, orange gorgonian  Tanks, No Thanks. We Free Dive! | |
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05-05-2008, 12:32 PM
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| | Fire Worm
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Unless the garlic is in the form of a solid and is appropriately sized for the brine to capture and ingest, the addition of garlic will not help. Brine shrimp will eat anything that is in suspension and appropriately sized, but they only ingest liquids that may be in the food they eat so a liquid would have to be in emulsion form (suspension of a liquid in another liquid) and remain that way in the salt water for them to be able to use it.
I believe there are garlic additives that can be added to the tank, but I'm not all sold on their effectiveness.
I squeeze a garlic bulb and immediately add the garlic juice to the tank as I believe that the effectiveness of the garlic begins to degrade as soon as the bulb is squeezed.
I don't know how they can bottle it so that it is still effective but many claim to have success with those store bought garlic additives. | |
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05-05-2008, 06:55 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Va Beach, Va
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| Some of the new fish food come with garlic
HI,
I use that spirella flake that has garlic in it.
One of the best flake foods for angels ,tangs, and some of my clowns like it .
DOug
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