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Old 01/03/2008, 12:18 PM
fahadahmed fahadahmed is offline
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Garlic Treatment

What is the difference between Garlic Extreme, Garlic Gaurd and Home Made Garlic Juice?

How do you make use out of garlic?
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Old 01/03/2008, 12:37 PM
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Garlic Extreme is just garlic. Garlic Guard contains some other anti oxidants like vitamin c. Home made garlic juice is... well cheaper .

I make my own fish food so i put cloves of garlic in it that the fish daily. If you're trying to administer it to fish you could just soak some food or nori in the Garlic Extreme for a little while then just feed it to the fish. Some people also put it directly into the tank too. I don't because I figure it leaches off of the nori or food that they normally get so why bother.
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Old 01/03/2008, 12:39 PM
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I use it in my pasta sauces and garlic bread. I have used kents garlic extreme, when my hippo had ich. It was extreme, the smell lingered in my tank room for days. I had better luck adding a cleaner shrimp to cure the ich.
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Old 01/03/2008, 12:45 PM
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I have been using the garlic extreme I just add some to the food about an hour before feeding let the food defrost and let the garlic xtreme soak in my fish seem to like it and after the qt and since feeding them the food with garlic no signs of ich since.
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Old 01/03/2008, 02:43 PM
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Old 01/03/2008, 08:00 PM
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Garlic is not a proven cure for anything. the jury is still out on it. I use garlic extreme as an appetite enhancer and the fish seem to like it. I halve qualms about it or any preserved manufactured product . The ingredient in garlic that helps build immuno stregth is allicin. Allicin is only active for about an hour after the garlic is pressed.So fresh garlic is clearly a better bet if you are hoping to get therapuetic benefit, Even then there is no evidence that it will cure anything.
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Old 01/03/2008, 08:09 PM
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How can i make the garlic juice ,do i have to add something to the garlic? or just blend the garlic?
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