Garlic and fish health

[joe0813]

I am trying to find research that states garlic has negative effects on a fish's health. If somebody has any please share

 

[WVNed]

All the research I have done points to only one thing. It makes them tasty when I eat them.

Which is bad for their health but good for mine.

 

[ca1ore]

There was a long thread over on RC by user humaguy (he’s a fish researcher if I recall) that cited a bunch of sources. It was in discussion with him that I concluded not only did garlic do very little as an appetite stimulant (correlation is not causation) but it was potentially harmful. I never used it much; now i don’t use it at all. You can decide for yourself.

 

[joe0813]

found his link. that was exactly what I was trying to find. thank you

 

[User1]

I think the garlic fad was more around getting some parasites to fall off due to the garlic seeping out of the fish or whatever the proper way to say that is. The parasite would attach, then taste the garlic, then drop. I've tried it years ago but don't think it did anything. That is when I started to feed shrimp and clams off and on to help with their immune system after reading some threads around the interwebs.

Now, if we are talking dogs and cats - in the past I had a few flea problems with my GSD and my goto was brewers yeast or garlic and it would rid her of the problem quickly. Dog, yard, and all. I think that was the idea behind Garlic and some parasites anyway. Hiking, dog parks, whatever - fleas can be a problem so that is in my bag of tricks. Fish - I have nothing I'm afraid but good luck!