GARLIC

pieter j de villiers · GARLIC

I was having a conversation with Father-in law today and the topic of garlic came up.
He mentioned to me that he use to add some garlic into Dog food to keep the ticks away.
Apparently ticks do not like the taste of garlic.

What has ticks to do with Koi, maybe nothing, but what about garlic?
I know of Koi Keepers feeding their Koi fresh crushed garlic.

This made me wonder, will garlic keep the parasites away?
What will happen if we feed our Koi garlic, mixed in food, about one month before the water temperature starts to rise?
Will this stop the parasites from attacking the Koi, maybe they would, but will they keep feeding on the Koi?

Would anyone know if this was tested before?

Ken S

Hi Pieter
In the UK there are several fish food manufacturers that sell food that has garlic added to it as a flavior enhancer, I don't think it is for medical reasons and I have read on some koi forums that keepers crush a few cloves of garlic into a small amount of food as a treat but again they have not said it is to deture parasites but who knows it may well work.