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PostSubject: FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES   FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES EmptySat Sep 05, 2009 2:53 pm

Hi Pieter de Villiers
just how much garlic and how often do you feed as a preventative measure?
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PostSubject: Re: FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES   FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES EmptySun Sep 06, 2009 11:54 am

Hi,

please read:

http://southafricankoi.11.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=44&highlight=garlic

http://www.koi4u.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=20&Itemid=60
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PostSubject: olive oil and garlic   FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES EmptyWed Jan 13, 2010 3:31 pm

Hi Can anyone tell me where to get the BORGES olive oil and garlic.
I have tried Spar and looked at PNP WOODMEAD but no luck.

Any other brand will also suffice
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PostSubject: Re: FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES   FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES EmptyWed Jan 13, 2010 3:41 pm

Hi anver

I feed my koi 2 times a week 1 cup white rice and 2 teaspoons cruched garlic mix and thay lov it.
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PostSubject: Re: FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES   FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES EmptyWed Jan 13, 2010 3:58 pm

Hi
David thanks for that ,why are you feeding white rice ,
is brown rice not better as white rice has bleaching agents and i dont think thats good for our koi, i maybe wrong.
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PostSubject: Re: FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES   FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES EmptyWed Jan 13, 2010 4:24 pm

Thanks Joe
Good point question for the guys.
white rice or brown rice or both ??????


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PostSubject: Re: FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES   FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES EmptyWed Jan 13, 2010 4:43 pm

Hi,

Boiled brown rice without any salt is better!
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PostSubject: Re: FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES   FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES EmptyWed Apr 14, 2010 9:52 pm

Hi Guys

I bought some garlic from Woolworths in a punnet/cube form.
Its quite easy to use as you push out 1 or 2 cubes as required.

Looking at the ingredients i noticed it has the following

83%garlic
canola oil
salt
lemon juice concentrate
water

My question is, Would this be suitable to add to my koi food ?as i am not sure about the canola oil, salt and the lemon juice.

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PostSubject: Re: FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES   FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES EmptyWed Apr 14, 2010 11:46 pm

Hi Anver,

No that stuff is not the right thing I would not use it, it must be plain garlic with no ather stuff.
People who sell food to the pigeon guys normally have garlic oil, wich is aceptable and then there is garlic powder from the spice people, Freddy Hirch they are in crown mills but also have little outlets, one in Roodepoort,or just ask your local butcher to get for you, I paid 29.00 for a kg. Use 40 grams of this to 1kg of food.
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PostSubject: Re: FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES   FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES EmptyFri Apr 16, 2010 12:25 pm

Hi Anver

I buy the normal refrigerated crushed garlic and cook it in a pot with brown rice the Koi love it and touch wood for the last 2 years I have had no problems especially in spring time I feed heavy otherwise twice a week
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PostSubject: Re: FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES   FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES EmptyMon Apr 19, 2010 11:15 am

Hi,
I was wondering, can I feed my koi fresh garlic or not?
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PostSubject: Re: FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES   FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES EmptyMon Apr 19, 2010 12:14 pm

I feed mine fresh crushed garlic. No problem after a few months of use.

I mix vita-C 2000 and the gatlic in a glass of warm water and then add it to the pellets. After about 15min the pellets will be soft then I add clay to bind everything together. Doing it this way will ensure you dont waste any vita or garlic - the solid pieces will be in clay for Koi to enjoy
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PostSubject: Re: FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES   FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES EmptyMon Apr 19, 2010 12:15 pm

Hi Joe,

How much garlic do you add to the rice and what quanity of rice?
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PostSubject: Re: FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES   FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES EmptyMon Apr 19, 2010 2:36 pm

ok,thanks.
so can I buy fresh garlic at fruit and veg and feed it to them just like that or must I do the mix thing with the pellets?
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PostSubject: Re: FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES   FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES EmptyMon Apr 19, 2010 2:49 pm

Try this:
Take a packet of garlic flakes (dry)
Add water and vinegar to the flakes (a little less vinegar than water)
Stir it well, put a lid in the container and store in the fridge for a day or 2.
It'll look like the tubes of crushed garlic and you'll have some lovely natural garlic oil to mix with the koi food. Refridgerate the koi food once you added the garlic.

Also, instead of the borges olive oil with garlic, you get Westfalia avocado oil with garlic. That should work well and it costs about R35 a bottle. All the Spar stores sell it.
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PostSubject: Re: FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES   FEED GARLIC... NO PARASITES EmptyTue Apr 20, 2010 6:39 am

Hi Colin

I use 2 solid teaspoons of garlic and a cup of brown rice,mix it well while cooking
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Thanks Chris & Joe.
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