Garlic

[yikai]

Hey people! I have heard of garlic being used to boost immunity amongst the other myriad of good effects, but i was wondering, will regular garlic juice from a regular raw garlic work? So far, i haven tried any garlic based products or formulas, but am willing to try with a raw garlic and extracting the juice. Is it the same as using a garlic product? Is it safe for the fish if i just use regular garlic juice? Please advice and share your knowledge with me.

Thank you

[johntanjm]

This is what I do, not too sure how safe it is but it's been working like a charm for me. other reefers pls point out if what i do is wrong. don't want to teach wrong things.

1. get a small portion of frozen food, i.e. one soup spoonful. thaw it until its liquid.

2. peel the garlic, dice them up, easier if u have a lime/lemon juicer to squash it

3. now u need to use your hand to really squeeze in order for the juice to come out

4. mix the raw juice with the thawed food.

5. freeze again, feed as per normal.

[Underwater]

But after thawing then refreeze again, bad bacteria would rapidly multiply and not sure if it is good for the fishes though (using our own eaten frozen food as a reference). Maybe let it soaked for a while then quickly feed the fishes? For me, i soaked it with dry pellets then feed the fishes.

[johntanjm]

hey underwater, just checking with you ah cos I did thought of playing with the idea you suggested. so do you buy prepared garlic concentrate in the bottle then just soak some pellets in it before feeding? is that how you do it?

[raydiative]

hey underwater, just checking with you ah cos I did thought of playing with the idea you suggested. so do you buy prepared garlic concentrate in the bottle then just soak some pellets in it before feeding? is that how you do it?

That's what i do for both pellets and frozen brine (after i thaw and thow away the access water).. the fishes like it alot..

[Salty_Creature]

I agreed. It's not good practice to thaw frozen food and re-freeze again.