Quickie on Appetite Enhancers (?)

[SaltyFlip]

My friend and I started talking about vitamins for fish and supplements for them. In my experience, I never had a chance to use these garlic drops, supplements or appetite enhancers (Selcon, Zoe Marine, Garlic Guard and Garlic Boost just to name a few) since I started with saltwater. I feed my fish then/now a mixture of slow sinking pellets/mysis/bloodworms/flakes depending on day. In your experience, do these supplements really work? Do they really enhance appetite and/or make them healthier and less prone to sickness?

Thanks for entertaining this question.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

The garlic is an immune system enhancer. So it does help boost the immune system of your fish and in turn they are able to fight off certain diseases better.

 

[SaltyFlip]

Have you used it often/much? Or does one only use it if they feel like their fish is feeling/looking sick?

Also, there's two types I see...one that you soak your food in and another one to just dose the tank with. which one do you use and which is better?

p.s. questions aimed to all. I'm trying to gather as much as I can before committing to it, if ever.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

I use it constantly. Almost every time I feed.

 

[duke62]

i put 2 drops of garlic extreme in there food every night.1/2 cube of mysis and 1/4 cube of cyclopeeze.i have some happy healthy fish

 

[Alex]

I use both selcon and garlic extreme. In addition to keeping fish healthy, GE also helps in preventing disease .

 

[duke62]

if u get hurt and miss work it wont hurt to miss work.and they give you cash which is just as good as money :funnypost

 

[SevTT]

My friend and I started talking about vitamins for fish and supplements for them. In my experience, I never had a chance to use these garlic drops, supplements or appetite enhancers (Selcon, Zoe Marine, Garlic Guard and Garlic Boost just to name a few) since I started with saltwater. I feed my fish then/now a mixture of slow sinking pellets/mysis/bloodworms/flakes depending on day. In your experience, do these supplements really work? Do they really enhance appetite and/or make them healthier and less prone to sickness?

Thanks for entertaining this question.

There's anecdotal evidence that garlic boosts immune systems, and a lot of critters definitely -do- go nuts for it. It certainly doesn't seem to do any harm, so there's no reason not to use it. That said, there's little or no scientific evidence that it does anything but make your fish's food smell more like Italian. I haven't actually used garlic yet -- though it's impregnated into the Formula 1 pellets I feed -- but it's on my 'to experiment with' list.

Selcon definitely is a great supplement; it contains basic vitamins and oils that corals and fish need. I've definitely noticed enhanced feeding reactions in corals when I use it in the tank, and it seems to cause enhanced colors with use.

 

[reefman]

i like to use garlic n selcon. so far no complaints from the inhabitants.

 

[SaltyFlip]

Thanks for the info guys!

if u get hurt and miss work it wont hurt to miss work.and they give you cash which is just as good as money :funnypost

lol