fish rubbing on rock??

[Brandon5555]

Try and let the cleaner control it, he will enforce cleanliness in his tank ahaha, trust me, if i even so much as stick my hand in the tank with a hang nail he will try and jump on me to rip it off haha.

[Wayne]

Soak food in garlic and try and keep your hands out of the tank.

[evaneatspie555]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...697&pcatid=697
would this shrimp do the same thing or should i get the good old cleaner with yellow belly. could u post a pic of the best shrimp to get so i know what to look for

[Madreefer]

A cleaner shrimp is'nt going to fix your problems. Read and follow Wayne's advice.

[evaneatspie555]

how will i go about feeding garlic would i crush cloves and ad to water in a cup then soak food in it?

[Madreefer]

Use this stuff http://www.jlaquatics.com/product/k-...e+-+1+oz..html
or go to a health food store and get liquid garlic. Soak food in it. Cant recall how much, a couple of drops maybe. I make my own fish food and usualy add the whole bottle but thats for a couple years worth of food

[phi delt reefer]

i had a similar issue; one fish would start itching randomly then i would slowly see others doing it. My LFS recommended this stuff - http://www.jlaquatics.com/product/sc...+-+5+Gram.html

its reef safe for i used it with my corals and cleaner/blood/harlequin shrimp and snails and anenome with no issues. I mixed it in with food for the first bit, then i treated the tank. Make sure you turn off the carbon and dissolve the medication in water first for it takes some time and stirring.


my fish do still itch randomly everyone few weeks but its never been persistant. No fish have died either. I make my own fish food and put a couple cloves of garlic in their to boost their immune systems - also added vitamins.

[Brandon5555]

Lol go buy garlic gaurd by seachem

[evaneatspie555]

i added a tiny peice of garlic and my fish ate it it was like minced garlic and every fish had a peice plus i did the garlic dropps from health food store with food